10,864 views Aug 6, 2021 #Force4NZ#NZNavySailing on 14 metre swells – how would you do? 🤔🌊 During the passage home this week, HMNZS Wellington and the crew encountered some rough seas – sea state 8 and at times pushing 9! HMMZS Wellington arrived home yesterday after being away for over three weeks in the PacificContinue reading “Royal New Zealand Navy: HMNZS Wellington sails rough seas”
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Navy veteran Donnelly to speak at Anzac Day service in Sydney
Apr 18 2024 – Gisborne Herald 1 min read Royal New Zealand Navy veteran Gisborne’s Jack Donnelly will give an Anzac Day address in Australia. The former Chief Petty Officer will speak at Woronora, a small suburb in Sutherland near Cronulla in Sydney. Mr Donnelly told the Herald he had been a member of theContinue reading “Navy veteran Donnelly to speak at Anzac Day service in Sydney”
NZ Defence Force remembers HMNZS Moa sinking in Solomons
1:32 pm on 10 April 2024 Share this New Zealanders have gathered in Solomon Islands to commemorate the Second World War sinking of HMNZS Moa in Tulagi Harbour. Photo: LAC Jenkins New Zealanders have commemorated World War II sinking of HMNZS Moa in Tulagi Harbour. Personnel from three New Zealand Defence Force missions, and staff from the NewContinue reading “NZ Defence Force remembers HMNZS Moa sinking in Solomons”
New Zealand P-8A to Make Inaugural Deployment to Japan
New Zealand’s 4th P-8A aircraft on arrival in New Zealand. (RNZAF) New Zealand P-8A To Make Inaugural Deployment To Japan The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) will for the sixth time deploy a maritime patrol aircraft and specialist personnel to detect and deter evasions of United Nations Security Council resolutions imposing sanctions against North Korea.Continue reading “New Zealand P-8A to Make Inaugural Deployment to Japan”
Inshore Patrol Vessels of the Naval Service Named LÉ Aoibhinn and LÉ Gobnait – ex HMNZS Rotoiti and HMNZS Pukaki
Tánaiste, Foreign & Defence Minister, Micheál Martin, has officially announced the names for two Inshore Patrol Vessels (IPV) LÉ Aoibhinn and LÉ Gobnait at the Naval Service Base at Haulbowline, Cork Harbour. They are to carry out fishery duties, etc on the Irish Sea, east and south-east. AFLOAT adds the long standing practice for namingContinue reading “Inshore Patrol Vessels of the Naval Service Named LÉ Aoibhinn and LÉ Gobnait – ex HMNZS Rotoiti and HMNZS Pukaki”
