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Re: HMAS Kanimbla.
Posted by:
Visje
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Date: November 24, 2001 09:13AM
<HTML>Hi Vin,
This is what I found on the official RAN website:
"...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 enemy 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 <B>HOHENFELS</B>...."
Hohenfels was owned by the D.D.G. Hansa, captured by British troops in Bandar Shapur on August 25 1941. She became the "Empire Kamal", and was given sold tothe Dutch government as "Van Ruysdael" on June 20 1944. She became "Ridderkerk" postwar, and was finally sold in 1962. She was a motorship of 7862 gross tons.</HTML>
This is what I found on the official RAN website:
"...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 enemy 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 <B>HOHENFELS</B>...."
Hohenfels was owned by the D.D.G. Hansa, captured by British troops in Bandar Shapur on August 25 1941. She became the "Empire Kamal", and was given sold tothe Dutch government as "Van Ruysdael" on June 20 1944. She became "Ridderkerk" postwar, and was finally sold in 1962. She was a motorship of 7862 gross tons.</HTML>
| Subject | Written By | Posted |
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HMAS Kanimbla.
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Vin | 11/24/2001 08:45AM |
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Re: HMAS Kanimbla.
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Visje | 11/24/2001 09:13AM |
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Re: HMAS Kanimbla.
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Bill Watt | 11/24/2001 09:40AM |
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Re: HMAS Kanimbla.
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Vin | 11/24/2001 10:33PM |