HMNZS Aroha (T24/T396) Castle-class naval trawler Built by Stevenson & Cook, Port Chalmers 1943–1945 Served at Auckland Thirteen Castle-class naval trawlers were commissioned. Apart from James Cosgrove and Wakakura, all were built in New Zealand by government directive, circa 1942. They were 135 feet (41.1 m) long, displaced 540 tons standard or 612 tons loaded, andContinue reading “HMNZS Aroha (T24/T396) Castle-class naval trawler Built by Stevenson & Cook, Port Chalmers 1943–1945 Served at AucklandCastle-class naval trawler Built by Stevenson & Cook, Port Chalmers 1943–1945 Served at Auckland”
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HMS Torch was an Alert-class sloop of the Royal Navy, built at Sheerness Dockyard and launched in 1894. She served in Australia and New Zealand and was transferred to New Zealand as a training ship in 1917, being renamed HMS Firebrand at the same time. She was sold in 1920 and converted to a refrigerated ship with the new name Rama. She ran aground in the Chatham Islands in 1924 and was abandoned.
HMS Torch in Sydney HMS Torch HMS Torch was an Alert-class sloop of the Royal Navy, built at Sheerness Dockyard and launched in 1894. She served in Australia and New Zealand and was transferred to New Zealand as a training ship in 1917, being renamed HMS Firebrand at the same time. She was sold in 1920 and converted to a refrigerated ship with the newContinue reading “HMS Torch was an Alert-class sloop of the Royal Navy, built at Sheerness Dockyard and launched in 1894. She served in Australia and New Zealand and was transferred to New Zealand as a training ship in 1917, being renamed HMS Firebrand at the same time. She was sold in 1920 and converted to a refrigerated ship with the new name Rama. She ran aground in the Chatham Islands in 1924 and was abandoned.”
HMS Dunedin – New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy
HMS Dunedin HMS Dunedin HMS Dunedin in Brisbane New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy HMS Dunedin and HMS Diomede in Wellington, 1928 HMS Dunedin Devonport in 1929. The New Zealand Squadron, as shown, was HMS Dunedin and HMS Diomede, with the two Imperial sloops Veronica and Laburnum astern. Philomel and Wakakura are at theContinue reading “HMS Dunedin – New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy”
HMS Diomede (D92) – In 1925 she was transferred to the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy at Devonport where she served until 1935
HMS_DIOMEDE, 12 June 1943 HMS Diomede 1938 New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy HMS Dunedin and HMS Diomede in Wellington, 1928 Devonport in 1929. The New Zealand Squadron, as shown, was HMS Dunedin and HMS Diomede, with the two Imperial sloops Veronica and Laburnum astern. Philomel and Wakakura are at the training jetty, withContinue reading “HMS Diomede (D92) – In 1925 she was transferred to the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy at Devonport where she served until 1935”
HMS/HMNZS Arbutus – HMNZS Arbutus was a modified Flower-class corvette of the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN). Built for the Royal Navy as HMS Arbutus, the corvette was transferred to the RNZN on completion in 1944, and operated during the final years of World War II.
In April 1947, Arbutus was one of the units involved in a mutiny over poor pay and working conditions. She was decommissioned in 1948 and broken for scrap in 1951. from About RNZN, the Ships, the News and New Zealand Military https://ift.tt/3w84vNb via IFTTT
