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HMAS Kiara

Details:

Title

HMAS Kiara,

Collection

WWII Military Units, HistoryNT, Second World War, 1939-1945,

Date

0000-00-00,

Location

Darwin Harbour,

Nation of service

Australia,

Service

Merchant Navy,

Service branch

Boom Defence Vessel, Motor yacht,

Unit

HMAS Kiara,

Parent unit

R. S. Harden,

Date arrived in NT

1905-04-25,

Honours and awards

Battle Honour, Darwin 1942-1943,

History

Requisitioned 21 February 1941. Kiara served as a channel patrol boat and air-sea rescue vessel and performed boom defence duties. She was originally named Penelope and was built by Halvorsen.,

Notes

Metadata: Attribution International 4.0 (CC-BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0,

Language

English,

Subject

Second World War, 1939-1945, Merchant Navy, Australia, Boom defence vessel, Motor yacht, HMAS Kiara,

File type

image/jpeg,

Use

No known copyright,

Copyright owner

Royal Australian Navy,

License

https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/pubic-domain/pdm,

Related links

https://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-kiara [Royal Australian Navy : HMAS Kiara], http://indicatorloops.com/darwin.htm [Indicator Loops - RAN Harbour defences - Darwin], http://trove.nla.gov.au/list?id=47243 [HMAS Kiara],

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/843523,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/843523

Related items

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/844001,