Record Identifier192-15Date Range1949DescriptionBlack and white print of TSS Monowai II, port side. Coastline in background. Rear: TSS Monowai II. Built by Harland and Wolfe. Post-war reconversion by Mort's Dock and Engineering Co Ltd Sydney. Completed January 1949. Gross tonnage 11037. Dimensions 500'x 63' x 37'9". Deadweight at loaded draft 4670. Passengers carried 386. Speed 17 knots. After notable war service, including her conversion to an armed merchant cruiser, she was completely refurnished and re-equipped to enter intercolonial trade in 1949. Visatone (Aust) Pty Ltd, Sydney. E910-7. TSS Monowai on Sydney Harbour during trials, December 1948. Sydney latter, 5/4/49. MediumPhotograph - print
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