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The armoured cruiser USS Seattle at Pipitea Wharf during a 1925 visit to Wellington, New Zealand.

The armoured cruiser USS Seattle at Pipitea Wharf during a 1925 visit to Wellington, New Zealand. USS Seattle (Ex-Washington) – Starboard side view, underway; place and date unknown. USS Seattle (Armored Cruiser No. 11) at the Panama Canal’s Pacific terminal, Balboa, Panama Canal Zone, circa July 1919. USS Cleveland (Cruiser No. 19) is beyond Seattle’s stern, at right. The original halftoneContinue reading “The armoured cruiser USS Seattle at Pipitea Wharf during a 1925 visit to Wellington, New Zealand.”

Battlecruiser HMS Renown arrives at Nelson, New Zealand, 1927.

Battlecruiser HMS Renown arrives at Nelson, New Zealand, 1927. Other photos of HMS Renown Battlecruiser HMS RenownThe Royal Navy in the First World War HMS Renown, Fremantle, Western Australia, carrying the Duke and Duchess of York back to England. The British battlecruiser HMS Renown operating with other capital ships of the British Eastern Fleet in the Indian Ocean area, 12 May 1944.Continue reading “Battlecruiser HMS Renown arrives at Nelson, New Zealand, 1927.”

Tasmanian company secures contract for supplying high speed vessels to the Navy The Tasmanian Browser

THE TASMANIAN BROWSER SEPTEMBER 14, 2021 | 27 |  0 | ‘The Sentinel’ (IMAGE: PFG Group) Tasmanian company PFG will supply three 12.6 metre ultra-modern high-speed vessels to the Royal New Zealand Navy. The Hobart-based manufacturer has secured the contract for ‘The Sentinel’ tactical watercraft, which is set to boost the military capability and defence of our region. ‘The Sentinel’ isContinue reading “Tasmanian company secures contract for supplying high speed vessels to the Navy The Tasmanian Browser”