Anzac Day March HMAS Kanimbla HMAS Manoora HMAS Westralia
by Miroslava Jurcik
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Anzac Day March HMAS Kanimbla HMAS Manoora HMAS Westralia
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Miroslava Jurcik
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This is the 2015 March which marks the 100th anniversary of the landing of Anzacs.
Upon the outbreak of war Kanimbla was requisitioned on 5 September 1939 and converted to an Armed Merchant Cruiser at Sydney She commissioned into the Royal Navy as HMS Kanimbla on 6 October 1939. The first half of 1940 was spent patrolling off the Chinese and Japanese coasts .
As European countries were occupied by Germany, Kanimbla was involved in attempting to ensure that their ships in the Far East came under Allied control.
On the night of 24 August 1941 Kanimbla, with 300 Indian troops embarked, led a heterogeneous flotilla in a surprise attack on the Iranian port of Bandar Shahpur, capturing eight German and Italian merchant vessels with valuable cargoes, two Iranian gunboats and a floating dock. Kanimbla went alongside the burning Italian tanker Bronte and fought the fires while engaging a train with her main armament and aircraft with her 3-inch guns. She remained in the area until 11 October, supervising the port and carrying out salvage work on the captured vessels, including a major effort on the German freighter Hohenfels.
After further work in Indian waters during the latter part of October and November, Kanimbla proceeded to Singapore and escorted the first convoy out of that city after the Japanese attack on Malaya. She arrived in Port Melbourne on Christmas Day. She carried out further convoy work off the Australian coast and in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Captain Adams was relieved by Acting CMDR F.R. James RAN on 2 February 1943. On 2 April Kanimbla arrived in Sydney to be converted to a Landing Ship Infantry (LSI) for operations in the Pacific.
To read her full story go here: http://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-kanimbla-i
HMAS Manoora commissioned on 12 December 1939 under the command of Commander A.H. Spurgeon, RAN and her conversion completed on 5 February 1940. A series of sea trials and exercises were conducted in Port Phillip Bay before she returned to Sydney before proceeding to northern Queensland waters.
After conducting further exercises off the Queensland coast and in the Coral Sea, Manoora sailed for Macassar where she arrived on 1 April to conduct patrols to prevent the breakout of German merchant ships from Dutch East Indies ports. Due to the threat of German invasion of Denmark and Norway on 9 April it was necessary to ensure that the merchant vessels of those countries came under Allied control.
To read more about her go here: http://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-manoora-i
Westralia (I) began operational service on 30 March 1940 when she departed Sydney for Darwin and thence to Macassar. April was spent in East Indian waters on patrol. One ship, the Norwegian Fernlane was intercepted and sent in prize to Singapore.
To read more about HMAS Westralia go here : http://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-westralia-i
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