HMAS Kanimbla (C78)
Videos
HMAS Kanimbla was a passenger ship converted for use as an armed merchant cruiser and landing ship infantry during World War II. Built during the mid-1930s as the passenger liner MV Kanimbla for McIlw
HMAS Kanimbla at Fremantle Harbour 1945
MV Kanimbla Mc Ilwraith Mc Eacharn's Line
MV Kanimbla off Gabo Island in June 1937
Kanimbla (ferry)
Videos
Kanimbla was a "K-class" ferry on Sydney Harbour. Launched in 1910, the timber-hulled steamer was built for Sydney Ferries Limited during the boom in cross-harbour ferry travel prior to the opening of
HMAS Kanimbla (C78)
…was named for the Kanimbla Valley, west of Blackheath in the Blue Mountains in New South Wales. A Sydney Ferries Limited ferry, launched in 1910 as Kanimbla gave up her name to the new larger vessel in 1936, and was renamed Kurra-Ba. The ship arrived in Melbourne 12 June 1936 and operated a passenger service…
Kanimbla leaving Circular Quay circa 1934
Kanimbla launch day, 2 September 1909, at Morrison & Sinclair yards in Balmain
Kanimbla, as built and in her original livery
Kanimbla approaches Neutral Bay wharf, 1930