HMNZS Monowai (F59)
Monowai in Milford Sound in 1933. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | |
| Name | SS Razmak |
| Namesake | Razmak in the Northwest Frontier |
| Builder | Harland & Wolff |
| Yard number | 659 |
| Laid down | 1923 |
| Launched | 16 October 1924 |
| Completed | 26 February 1925 |
| In service | 1925 |
| Out of service | 1930 |
| New Zealand | |
| Name | SS Monowai |
| Namesake | Lake Monowai. |
| In service | 1930 |
| Out of service | 1939 |
| New Zealand | |
| Name | HMNZS Monowai |
| Acquired | 21 October 1939 |
| Commissioned | 30 August 1940 |
| Decommissioned | 18 June 1943 |
| Identification | F59 |
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Monowai |
| Acquired | 1943 |
| Commissioned | 18 June 1943 |
| Decommissioned | August 1946 |
| Fate | Scrapped 1960 |
| New Zealand | |
| Name | SS Monowai |
| Acquired | Returned to owners 1946 |
| Fate | Sold for breaking up 1960 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type |
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| Tonnage | 10,852 GRT, 4,925 NRT |
| Length | 158.2/152.5 m (519/500 ft) |
| Beam | 19.3 m (63 ft) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) max |
| Complement | 366 as AMC |
| Sensors & processing systems | SS1 Type Radar |
| Armament |
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| Notes | Davits fitted for 20 LCAs (Landing Craft Assault) for 800 plus troops. Capacity of each 35 troops or 365 kg (805 lb) cargo. |
HMNZS Monowai (F59) was a former P&O merchant vessel. At the outbreak of World War II she became an armed merchant cruiser of the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN). She subsequently became HMS Monowai, a Landing Ship, Infantry and mostly operated as a troopship. In 1946 she returned to her old trade as a passenger ship.