Manunda
Postcard of TSMV Manunda in Adelaide Steamship Co. livery (buff funnel with black band at top), c.1930 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Australia | |
| Name | TSMV Manunda |
| Owner | Adelaide Steamship Company, Melbourne |
| Builder | William Beardmore and Company, Dalmuir |
| Yard number | 651 |
| Launched | 27 November 1928 |
| Completed | 16 April 1929 |
| Acquired | 23 May 1929 |
| In service | June 1929 |
| Out of service | September 1939 |
| In service | April 1948 |
| Out of service | September 1956 |
| Reclassified | Hospital ship, 25 May 1940 |
| Identification | Official number: 153933 |
| Fate | Sold, October 1956 |
| Japan | |
| Name | Hakone Maru |
| Owner | Okadagumi Shipping Ltd., Japan |
| Acquired | October 1956 |
| Fate | Broken up at Osaka, June 1957 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Passenger/cargo ship |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 430 ft (130 m) |
| Beam | 60 ft 2 in (18.34 m) |
| Depth | 35 ft 7 in (10.85 m) |
| Propulsion | Harland & Wolff oil-fired engines, 1,304 nhp |
| Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Capacity | 312 passengers (176 first class / 136 second class) |
TSMV Manunda was an Australian registered and crewed passenger ship which was converted to a hospital ship in 1940. During the war Manunda saw service in both the Middle East and Pacific Campaigns, specifically New Guinea. She resumed her passenger duties after the war, before being sold to a Japanese company and finally broken up in 1957.