Author Archives: Currin Family
HMNZS Janie Seddon 1941-1944
Built 1901 for NZ Government with a sister Lady Roberts. She was HMS Janie Seddon 1939-1941 and HMNZS Janie Seddon 1941-1944 She is reported to have laid a minefield at Wellington in WW1 and was used as an examination vessel in WW2.She was HMS Janie Seddon 1939-1941 and HMNZS Janie Seddon 1941-1944 She is aContinue reading “HMNZS Janie Seddon 1941-1944”
HMNZS Te Mana (F111) is one of ten Anzac-class frigates and one of two serving in the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN).
HMNZS Endeavour (A11) – Melbourne, Australia
USS Brooklyn (ACR-3) in Waitematā Harbour during a visit to New Zealand. 26 May 1901
The second USS Brooklyn (ACR-3/CA-3) was the third United States Navy armored cruiser, the only one to be named at commissioning for a city rather than a state. Ordered for $3,450,420.29 (hull and machinery),[3] she was launched on 2 October 1895 by William Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Company of Philadelphia; sponsored byContinue reading “USS Brooklyn (ACR-3) in Waitematā Harbour during a visit to New Zealand. 26 May 1901”
