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Album of 62 pages containing 235 photographs relating to the service of B/2221 Signalman Raymond Lindon Rolls aboard HMS Kanimbla (Later HMAS Kanimbla) from 13 December 1939 until 2 January 1942. The Kanimbla departed Sydney for Hong Kong under the command of Commander F E Getting, RAN, on 13 December 1939 . She spent the first half of 1940 patrolling off the Chinese and Japanese coasts. During this time she intercepted and took in charge the Russian vessel V Mayakovsky which, when found to be carrying suspicious cargo, was eventually handed over to a French cruiser to be escorted to Saigon for investigation. In June she was detached to Singapore and visited Saigon. After moving to Singapore the Kanimbla undertook patrol and escort duties around Malaya and the East Indies and eventually into the Indian Ocean. On the night of 24 August 1941 Kanimbla, with 300 Indian troops embarked, led a flotilla in an attack on the port of Bandar Shahpur in Iran, capturing eight German and Italian merchant enemy vessels, two Iranian gunboats and a floating dock. Kanimbla later returned to Singapore and escorted the first convoy out from Singapore following the Japanese attack on Malaya. She returned to Australia arriving in Port Melbourne on Christmas day.
Bandar Shapur, Iran. 1941-08. Starboard bow view of the captured Iranian gunboats Chavaaz and Karkas within the captured Iranian Floating Dock. Both ships are manned by Australians under Lieutenant Co
The Iranian gunboats Chahbaaz (CZ) and Karkas in a floating dock after the British attack during Operation Countenance. (Naval Historical Collection).
BANDAR SHAPUR, IRAN, 1941-08. HMS KANIMBLA, MANNED BY AN AUSTRALIAN CREW, BOWS ON WITH THE FOLLOWING VESSELS ALONGSIDE, L TO R:- TWO ANGLO-IRANIAN OIL COMPANY TUGS, HMS ARTHUR CAVANAGH (TRAWLER), HMS
Small steel disc mounted between a curved steel arm shaped to provide a hand hold between the user's finger and thumb. The disc is hand engraved on each side with a series of partial letters arranged
Manuscript, titled "Cry Havoc : The Story of HMAS Kanimbla" presenting a brief outline of the wartime experiences of this armed merchant vessel. Includes reference to duties off Japan and China, patro
Bandar Shapur, Iran. 1941-08. Port side view of a captured Iranian gunboat Karkas manned by Australians alongside Railway Jetty in the harbour. (Donor W. L. G. Adams)
