HMAS Kanimbla explained

Two ships of the Royal Australian Navy have been named HMAS Kanimbla, for the Kanimbla Valley in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales:

• , a passenger liner launched in 1935, requisitioned by the Royal Navy as an armed merchant cruiser in 1939, converted into a RAN landing ship in 1943, and returned to owners in 1950
• , an amphibious transport ship acquired from the United States in 1994 and decommissioned in 2011

Battle honours

Ships named HMAS Kanimbla are entitled to carry seven battle honours:^{[1] [2]}

• New Guinea 1944
• Leyte Gulf 1944
• Lingayen Gulf 1945
• Borneo 1945
• Pacific 1945
• Persian Gulf 2001–03
• Iraq 2003

Notes and References

1. News: Navy Marks 109th Birthday With Historic Changes To Battle Honours . 1 March 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110613184920/http://www.navy.gov.au/Navy_Marks_109th_Birthday_With_Historic_Changes_To_Battle_Honours . 13 June 2011 . Royal Australian Navy . 23 December 2012.
2. Web site: Royal Australian Navy Ship/Unit Battle Honours . 1 March 2010 . Royal Australian Navy . https://web.archive.org/web/20110614064156/http://www.navy.gov.au/w/images/Units_entitlement_list.pdf . 14 June 2011 . 23 December 2012.