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HDML – Q1187 – Tarapunga I (P3566)

HMNZS Tarapunga Ex Q1187 – arrives in New Zealand Everett Marine Ways Inc. Everett, Washington. (Contract Number: D.A.N.O.B. 586) This Company also built four craft. They were Q1187, Q1188, Q1189, Q1190. They were shipped to Wellington, N.Z. from Vancouver as deck cargo on the ship Kootenay Park arriving Wellington on the 30th April 1943.           Q1187 wasContinue reading “HDML – Q1187 – Tarapunga I (P3566)”

RIMPAC 2024 Sports Competitions – KD Lekiu (FFG30) and Royal New Zealand Navy Polar-class auxiliary ship HMNZS Aotearoa (A11

Sailors from Royal Malaysian Navy Lekiu-class guided missile frigate KD Lekiu (FFG30) and Royal New Zealand Navy Polar-class auxiliary ship HMNZS Aotearoa (A11) participate in a volleyball tournament during Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024 at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, June 28. Twenty-nine nations, 40 surface ships, three submarines, 14 national land forces, moreContinue reading “RIMPAC 2024 Sports Competitions – KD Lekiu (FFG30) and Royal New Zealand Navy Polar-class auxiliary ship HMNZS Aotearoa (A11”

RNZAF carries out rare Antarctica mid-winter medical evacuation flight

27 JUNE, 2024 A Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) C-130H Hercules crew has today carried out a rare medical evacuation of a patient from Antarctica, taking advantage of a narrowing gap in the weather to fly the challenging night-time mission. The patient, an American from McMurdo Station, is in a stable condition with aContinue reading “RNZAF carries out rare Antarctica mid-winter medical evacuation flight”

Navy reservists help regenerate Irish patrol ships – EX-Lake-class Inshore Patrol Vessels (IPV), HMNZS Rotoiti and HMNZS Pukaki.-

Three Royal New Zealand Navy reservists have assisted the Irish Navy in the regeneration of one of their fleet acquisitions from New Zealand. 27 JUNE, 2024 In 2022 the Irish Department of Defence purchased two of the Royal New Zealand Navy’s retired Lake-class Inshore Patrol Vessels (IPV), HMNZS Rotoiti and HMNZS Pukaki. They were sealiftedContinue reading “Navy reservists help regenerate Irish patrol ships – EX-Lake-class Inshore Patrol Vessels (IPV), HMNZS Rotoiti and HMNZS Pukaki.-“