HMS Bulolo
HMS Bulolo was a 6,267 ton passenger and cargo ship of the Burns, Philp Shipping Company operating in the South Pacific. In 1939 she was converted into an Armed Merchant Cruiser, then a Landing Ship Headquarters (LSH) in 1942. She directed the landings in North Africa, Sicily, Anzio and Normandy during World War II.
| History | |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Name | MV Bulolo |
| Owner | Burns, Philp Shipping Company |
| Route | Mail service from Australia to Papua New Guinea |
| Builder | Barclay, Curle & Company Limited (Glasgow, Scotland) |
| Yard number | 668 |
| Launched | 31 May 1938 |
| Maiden voyage | 18 November 1938 |
| In service | 1938-39 |
| Fate | Requisitioned by Royal Navy September 1939 |
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Bulolo |
| Commissioned | 4 January 1940 |
| Decommissioned | 4 December 1946 |
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| Identification | Pennant number: F82 |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Name | MV Bulolo |
| Owner | Burns, Philp Shipping Company |
| In service | 1948-1968 |
| Fate | Scrapped 1968 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 6,267 GRT |
| Length | 412 ft (126 m) |
| Beam | 58 ft (18 m) |
| Draught | 23 ft (7.0 m) |
| Propulsion | Twin-screws driven by 3 man B & W (Burmeister & Wain) diesel-electric engines |
| Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h) |
| Range | 9,300 nautical miles at 12 knots |
| Boats & landing craft carried | 4 LCP(L) |
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