The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
HMAS Kanimbla, a landing ship infantry (LSI), was a refitted passenger liner, previously used as an armed merchant cruiser (AMC) from 1939 to 1943. It had a capacity of 1,250 troops and participated in assault landings in the Pacific, and in servicing the British Commonwealth Occupation Forces in Japan.
Sydney, Nsw ? Group portrait of the crew of HMAS Kanimbla. At the start of the Second World War the Kanimbla was commissioned as an Armed Merchant Cruiser (AMC) and later converted to a Landing Ship I
Blue cotton marching banner with white applique and voided lettering. In the centre is the ship's badge on a circular white background with a red rope border, and yellow text with the motto 'cry havo'
PORTSIDE VIEW OF THE COASTAL PASSENGER LINER MV MANOORA PRIOR TO HER REQUISITIONING BY THE RAN ON 1939-10-14 FOR SERVICE AS AN ARMED MERCHANT CRUISER AND LATER AS A LANDING SHIP INFANTRY (LARGE). (NAV
At Sea, Morotai, Halmahera Islands, Netherlands East Indies. June 1945. Portside view of pre-war interstate passenger liner HMAS Kanimbla which carried troops on several South-West Pacific landings wa
THE ARMED MERCHANT CRUISER, HMAS WESTRALIA OF 8,108 TONS, WHICH WAS ARMED WITH SEVEN 6 INCH GUNS AND HAD A CRUISING SPEED OF 16 KNOTS. SHE WAS CONVERTED TO AN LSI (LANDING SHIP, INFANTRY) 1943-06.
STARBOARD BOW VIEW OF THE AUSTRALIAN LINER MV KANIMBLA WHICH WAS COMMISSIONED INTO THE ROYAL NAVY AS AN ARMED MERCHANT CRUISER UPON THE OUTBREAK OF WORLD WAR 2 AND MANNNED PREDOMINANTLY BY AUSTRALIANS
