By 1News Reporters – Fri, Dec 12 Hundreds of friends and family gathered on the wharves at Devonport Naval Base in Auckland today to welcome HMNZS Aotearoa home for Christmas after an eight-month deployment. The ship spent 307 days away from New Zealand and sailed more than 31,000 nautical miles as it conducted exercises andContinue reading “‘Job done’: Rousing welcome as HMNZS Aotearoa is home for Christmas”
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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.The seventh USS Washington (ACR-11/CA-11/IX-39), also referred to as “Armored Cruiser No. 11”, and later renamed Seattle and reclassified CA-11 and IX-39, was a United States Navy Tennessee-class armored cruiser. She was laid down on 23 September 1903 at Camden,Continue reading “The armoured cruiser USS Seattle at Pipitea Wharf during a 1925 visit to Wellington, New Zealand.”
Bird Class, Minesweeper -HMNZS Moa (T233)
HMNZS Kiwi (T102)
HMNZS Kiwi – Bird Classwas a Bird class minesweeper of the Royal New Zealand Navy. She was commissioned in 1941 for minesweeping and anti-submarine roles. From 1948 to 1956 she functioned as a training ship. On 29 January 1943, with her sister ship Moa, Kiwi rammed and wrecked[1] the Japanese submarine I-1. At the timeContinue reading “HMNZS Kiwi (T102)”
NZ navy ship shadowed by seven Chinese warships
5:08 pm on 8 December 2025 HMNZS Aotearoa was sent to the East China and Yellow Seas last month in an effort to bolster United Nations Security Council sanctions against North Korea. Photo: Supplied / NZDF A New Zealand navy ship sailing in East Asia was shadowed by seven Chinese warships, the Defence Force has confirmed. HMNZSContinue reading “NZ navy ship shadowed by seven Chinese warships”
