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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,