HMNZS Hawera (T16) (carried the name of a town without a port and without naval associations.)
World War II minesweeper,
194th Minesweeping Group – Auckland=LL magnetic minesweepers: Hinau, Manuka, Rimu, Hawera, Kapuni-Vessel Name: HAWERA-Vessel ID: 1121387-Official No: 121387-Vessel Type: Coastal vessel-Tonnage: 174 gross-Owner: South Taranaki Shipping Company-Built: 1912-Builder: Brown, W.H., Auckland-Engine: Sream, compound,154 ihp–Date of Fate: 1957-Type of Fate: Broken up-Region of Fate: Auckland region-Vessel Abstract: Saw war service as H.M.N.Z.S. HAWERA 1943-45.,
Functioned as supply ship in 1945.
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