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HMAS Malanda (FY37)

Details:

Title

HMAS Malanda (FY37),

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

Motor Launch,

Unit

HMAS Malanda (FY37),

Parent unit

Hayles Magnetic Island Ferry Service,

Date arrived in NT

1942-04-10,

History

Requisitioned in 1942. Malanda served as an examination vessel, tow boat and net layer. She made one voyage to Darwin carrying cargo and was reportedly so overloaded that borers attacked her hull above the copper sheathing. She was damaged during one of the Darwin air raids. Attached to NOIC Townsville before being transferred to Darwin.,

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, Ferry, Tugboat, HMAS Malanda (FY37),

File type

image/jpeg,

Use

No known copyright,

Copyright owner

Australian War Memorial,

License

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

Related links

https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C237234 [Australian War Memorial : Photograph 302045, Naval Historical Collection], http://www.navy.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/LUTHER_HURD_TO_MANULANI.pdf [HMAS Malanda p.125], http://trove.nla.gov.au/list?id=35200 [HMAS Malanda (FY37)],

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/843537,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/843537

Related items

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/843996,