Koolinda
Ship Number
728
Vessel Type
Cargo Ship
Built
Govan Yard
Slip Number
3
Launch Date
August 26, 1926
Delivered
December 23, 1926
Owner
Government of Western Australia
Weight
4372 grt
BP Length
330 feet
Breadth
50 feet
No. of Screws
Twin
Speed (approx)
15 knots
Propulsion
2 x Harland-B.& W. type 8-cyl., 4 stroke cycle Diesel engines. 2,550 h.p. each,
Official No.
140160
Registered
Fremantle
Fate
Scrapped
Koolinda

[Green Collection – State of Victoria]
Sister of the Koolama she was fitted early in the war with a variety of defensive weapons, she brought some two hundred and sixty evacuees out of Darwin in December 1941, to Fremantle. After this, she continued to operate on the Western Australian coast through the war, and survived.
 
Renamed in 1959 to Kimberley.
 
5th December, 1959 arrived for breaking at Hong Kong.