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AUSTRALIAN NAVY - AUSTRALIA

AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS AND CRAFT

LSI(L) type large infantry landing ships (1929-1935/1943)

Name Launched // Comm. Builder Tonnage, BRT Dimensions, m Speed, kts Fuel, t Armament // Capacity Fate
Kanimbla (ex-AMC) 12.12.1935 // 6.1943 Harland & Wolff, Belfast, UK 10985 142.8x20.2x7.4 16.5 2diesels, 10000, diesel oil 781 1 - 102/45 Mk XVI, 2 - 76/45, 10 - 20/70 // 10 LCA, 1381 troops returned 1949
Manoora (ex-AMC) 25.10.1934 // 2.1943 A. Stephens, Linthouse, UK 10856 146.9x20.2x7.4 16 2diesels, 10000, diesel oil  704 1 - 76/45, 6 - 40/56, 8 - 20/70 // 8 LCA, 4 LCM(1), 1 Seagull seaplane, 1228 troops returned 1946
Westralia (ex-AMC) 25.4.1929 // 6.1943 Harland & Wolff, Govan, UK 8108 136.6x18.4x6.9 15.5 2diesels, 10000, diesel oil  879 3 - 102/40 Mk XIX // ? LCA/LCS(M)/LCM, 933 troops returned 3.1951

Project history: This group consisted of 11 large passenger and cargo-passenger liners, converted on British yards in 1941-1943. 13 More ships have been built in the USA in standard transport hull of C1-S-AY1 class and transferred to Britain by lend-lease. Originally they served under merchant flag and were formally commissioned by RN only in 1944

Modernizations:  None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Kanimbla

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