Territory Stories
HMAS Manoora (I) (F48)
Details:
Title
HMAS Manoora (I) (F48),
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
Armed Merchant Cruiser,
Unit
HMAS Manoora (I) (F48),
Parent unit
Adelaide Steamship Co.,
Date arrived in NT
1940-09,
Date left the NT
1940-12-19,
History
Requisitioned 14 October 1939. Subsequent to the German invasion of Denmark and Norway on 9 April it was necessary to ensure that the merchant vessels from occupied countries came under Allied control. To this end the Manoora intercepted and boarded the Norwegian tanker Havbor and escorted her to Darwin. She participated in the Battle of Leyte Gulf in the Philippines which was a final catastrophe for the Japanese navy.,
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,
Cruiser,
HMAS Manoora (I) (F48),
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/C63221 [Australian War Memorial : Photograph 069291, Second World War, 1939-1945] ,
http://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-manoora-I [HMAS Manoora (I)],
http://www.flotilla-australia.com/adsteam.htm [Flotilla Australia - Adelaide Steamship Co.],
http://ssmaritime.com/Manoora.htm [TSMV Manoora],
http://trove.nla.gov.au/list?id=34842 [HMAS Manoora (I) (F48)],
Parent handle
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/843540 ,
Citation address
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/843540
Related items
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/843995 ,
Territory Stories
HMAS Manoora (I) (F48)
Details:
Title
HMAS Manoora (I) (F48),
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
Armed Merchant Cruiser,
Unit
HMAS Manoora (I) (F48),
Parent unit
Adelaide Steamship Co.,
Date arrived in NT
1940-09,
Date left the NT
1940-12-19,
History
Requisitioned 14 October 1939. Subsequent to the German invasion of Denmark and Norway on 9 April it was necessary to ensure that the merchant vessels from occupied countries came under Allied control. To this end the Manoora intercepted and boarded the Norwegian tanker Havbor and escorted her to Darwin. She participated in the Battle of Leyte Gulf in the Philippines which was a final catastrophe for the Japanese navy.,
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,
Cruiser,
HMAS Manoora (I) (F48),
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/C63221 [Australian War Memorial : Photograph 069291, Second World War, 1939-1945] ,
http://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-manoora-I [HMAS Manoora (I)],
http://www.flotilla-australia.com/adsteam.htm [Flotilla Australia - Adelaide Steamship Co.],
http://ssmaritime.com/Manoora.htm [TSMV Manoora],
http://trove.nla.gov.au/list?id=34842 [HMAS Manoora (I) (F48)],
Parent handle
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/843540 ,
Citation address
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/843540
Related items
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/843995 ,