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HMAS Westralia (F95)
HMAS ''Westralia'' (F95/C61) was an auxiliary cruiser of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Built by Scottish shipbuilder Harland and Wolff and completed in 1929, ''Westralia'' was operated by the Huddart Parker company until 1939, when she was requisitioned for service with the RAN as an Armed Merchant Cruiser (AMC). Fitted with guns and commissioned in early 1940, ''Westralia'' was initially used to escort convoys in the Pacific and Indian oceans. In November 1940, the largest mutiny in RAN history occurred aboard the ship, with 104 men charged.
In 1943, ''Westralia'' was converted into a Landing Ship, Infantry (LSI). The ship was used to transport units of the United States Army and United States Marine Corps, and took part in numerous amphibious landings. After being used to repatriate personnel at the end of the war, ''Westralia'' was decommissioned in 1946. Before she could be returned to her owners, the vessel was requisitioned again, this time for use as a troop transport supporting the British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF). ''Westralia'' was not commissioned again, and operated by a merchant navy crew until 1951, when she was returned to Huddart Parker. In 1959, the ship was sold to the Asian and Pacific Shipping Co Ltd for use as a livestock carrier. Initially operated as ''Delfino'', she was renamed ''Woolambi'' in 1960, before being sold for scrap in 1961.
==Construction and acquisition==
''Westralia'' was built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Govan for the Huddart Parker company as a twin screw motor vessel.〔Royal Australian Navy, ''HMAS Westralia (I)''〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Armed Merchant Cruiser HMAS Westralia )〕 Assigned the yard number 843, ''Westralia'' was launched on 25 April 1929, and completed later that year.〔
''Westralia'' was requisitioned for war service by the Australian government on 2 November 1939 as an armed merchant cruiser (AMC).〔 She was fitted with seven guns and two anti-aircraft guns.〔 The ship was commissioned into the RAN on 17 January 1940, and assigned the pennant number F95.〔〔
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