HMAS Manoora (F48)

For other ships with the same name, see HMAS Manoora.

HMAS Manoora after conversion to a Landing Ship Infantry
History
Australia (RAN)
Builder	Alex Stephen and Son, Govan
Laid down	July 1934
Launched	24 October 1934
Acquired	11 October 1939
Commissioned	12 December 1939
Decommissioned	6 December 1947
Out of service	1972
Reclassified	2 February 1943 (from AMC to LSI)
Motto	"In War and Peace"
Fate	Sold for scrap
General characteristics
Displacement	10,856 tons gross
Length	480 ft (150 m)
Beam	66 ft 3 in (20.19 m)
Draught	24 ft (7.3 m)
Propulsion	Diesels, twin screws
Speed	15.7 knots (29.1 km/h)
Capacity	1,230 troops (as LSI)
Complement	345
Armament	As AMC: 7 x 6-inch guns 2 x 3-inch anti-aircraft guns 2 x Lewis light machine guns As LSI: 1 x 6-inch gun (later replaced by 2 x 4-inch guns) 2 x 3-inch anti-aircraft guns 8 x 20mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft guns 6 x 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns (added later)
Aircraft carried	1 x Seagull V aircraft (as AMC)

HMAS Manoora was a motor vessel laid down for the Adelaide Steamship Company by Alex Stephen and Son at Govan in Scotland in July 1934, launched on 25 October 1935 and completed in 1935.

The ship entered service on the Cairns to Fremantle run, but was requisitioned by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) on 11 October 1939. Manoora was outfitted at Sydney for service as an armed merchant cruiser and commissioned into the RAN on 12 December 1939.

On 30 September 1942, Manoora returned to Sydney and was converted to a Landing Ship, Infantry (LSI) by 2 February 1943.

Manoora paid off on 6 December 1947 and was returned to her owners on 31 August 1949. She was sold to an Indonesian company in 1961 and renamed Albulombo. The ship was finally sold for scrap to a Japanese firm in 1972.

HMAS Manoora in 1942, carrying a Seagull V aircraft ahead of the funnel.

References

• "HMAS Manoora (I)". HMA Ship Histories. Sea Power Centre Australia. Retrieved 30 August 2008.