HMAS Manoora
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Two ships of the Royal Australian Navy have been named Manoora.
The first HMAS Manoora was a motor vessel laid down for the Adelaide Steamship Company by Alex Stephen and Son at Govan in Scotland in July 1934, launched on 25 October 1935 and completed in 1935. The ship entered service on the Cairns to Fremantle run but was requisitioned by the Navy on 11 October 1939, outfitted at Sydney for service as an armed merchant cruiser and commissioned on 12 December 1939. The ship arrived in Sydney on 30 September 1942 and was converted to a Landing Ship Infantry (LSI) by 2 February 1943. HMAS Manoora paid off on 6 December 1947 and was returned to the owners on 31 August 1949. She was sold to an Indonesian company in 1961 and renamed Albulombo. The ship was finally sold for scrap to a Japanese firm in 1972.
External link
- RAN history of the first HMAS Manoora (http://www.navy.gov.au/spc/history/ships/manoora1.htm)
HMAS Manoora (L-52) is a training and helicopter support ship built for the United States Navy as a Newport class tank landing ship (LST) by the National Steel and Shipbuilding Company in San Diego, launched on 19 December 1970. The ship was acquired by the Royal Australian Navy in 1994 for use as an amphibious transport ship (LPA).
External link
- RAN website for HMAS Manoora (http://www.navy.gov.au/ships/manoora/default.htm)