HMNZS Monowai (F59)

Monowai in Milford Sound in 1933.
History
New Zealand
Name	SS Razmak
Namesake	Razmak in the Northwest Frontier
Builder	Harland and Wolff
Yard number	659[1]
Laid down	1923
Launched	16 October 1924
Completed	26 February 1925[1]
In service	1925
Out of service	1930
New Zealand
Name	SS Monowai
Namesake	Lake Monowai.[Note 1]
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 and type	armed merchant cruiser from 1944: landing ship/troopship
Tonnage	10,852 GRT, 4,925 NRT
Length	158.2/152.5 m (519/500 ft)
Beam	19.3 m (63 ft)
Propulsion	two-shaft reciprocal 4-cylinder QE plus low reduction twin exhaust turbines 14,740 bhp (10,990 kW)
Speed	18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) max
Complement	366 as AMC
Sensors and processing systems	SS1 Type Radar[2]
Armament	As AMC 8 × 6 in (152 mm) guns (4 each side) 2 × 3 in (76 mm) AA 6 × 20 mm Twin 20 mm with radar added June 1942 Some machine guns, 8 depth charges As LSI(L) 1 × 4 in (100 mm) gun 2 × QF 12-pounder 2 × QF 2-pounder AA 2 × 40 mm 2 × quad RPs 8 × 20 mm AA
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^[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.

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