HMNZS Monowai

The ship Monowai, in Milford SoundNew Zealand, February 1933.



HMNZS[3] Monowai (F59) was a former Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (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.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMNZS_Monowai_(F59)

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