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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). (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)
HMAS MANOORA, ARMED MERCHANT CRUISER, FITTED WITH SEVEN 6 INCH GUNS. THE MANOORA, FORMERLY A 10,856 TON AUSTRALIAN COASTAL PASSENGER LINER OWNED BY THE ADELAIDE STEAMSHIP COMPANY, WAS REQUISITIONED ON
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
STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF THE NEW ZEALAND LINER ARAWA, PRIOR TO HER CONVERSION TO AN ARMED MERCHANT CRUISER IN 1939. COMMISSIONED INTO THE ROYAL NAVY, SHE WAS MOSTLY MANNED BY AUSTRALIAN PERSONNEL. IN 19
PORT BROADSIDE VIEW OF THE MERCHANT SHIP BULOLO PRIOR TO BEING REQUISITIONED FOR SERVICE AS AN ARMED MERCHANT CRUISER AND LATER AS A COMBINED OPERATIONS HEADQUARTERS SHIP. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION
C.1939. STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF THE TRAWLER BERYL II PRIOR TO HER REQUISITIONING BY THE RAN FOR SERVICE AS AN AUXILIARY MINESWEEPER IN 1939-09. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)
C.1939. ELEVATED STARBOARD QUARTER VIEW OF THE AUXILIARY MINESWEEPER HMAS BERMAGUI (FY81) IN DRYDOCK. AS THE SHIP IS STILL PAINTED IN HER MERCHANT SHIP COLOURS AND IS UNARMED, THIS PHOTOGRAPH MAY DATE
