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HMNZS Manawanui (A09) was commissioned in 1988 as a diving support vessel for the Royal New Zealand Navy. Originally she was built as a diving support vessel, the Star Perseus, for North Sea oil rig operations.

Manawanui is the third ship with this name to serve in the New Zealand Navy. Manawanui is a Māori word meaning “to be brave or steadfast”. Manawanui has a capability to hold station over a fixed position. She has a triple lock recompression chamber, a crane with 13 tonne lifting capacity, wet diving bell andContinue reading “HMNZS Manawanui (A09) was commissioned in 1988 as a diving support vessel for the Royal New Zealand Navy. Originally she was built as a diving support vessel, the Star Perseus, for North Sea oil rig operations.”

HMNZS Manawanui (1948) was a naval tug which was modified for use as a diving tender by the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN). Originally intended for service with the United States Navy as a tug, the vessel was built in 1945 and transferred to the New Zealand Marine Department, which employed her in Waitemata Harbour before transferring the ship to the RNZN in 1948.

HMNZS ManawanuiShe was converted to a diving tender in 1953 and served out her time in the RNZN in this role, before being decommissioned in 1978 and sold to the Paeroa Historic Maritime Park.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMNZS_Manawanui_(1948)

RNZN tug/workboat Arataki – photos

Launched 40 % complete as YTL 627 for USN in 1945.1947 towed to Naval Dockyard at Auckland and completed 10/1948 for use as a tug. Later sold privately, then spent many years laid up at Bluff and Dunedin and eventually brokken up during 2012.

HMS Loch Achanalt/HMNZS Pukaki was a Loch-class frigate of the Royal Navy that was loaned to and served with the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II. Later RNZN. Includes visit to Gisborne 1963 photos

Ordered from Henry Robb, Leith, on 24 July 1942 as a River-class frigate, the order was changed, and ship laid down on 14 September 1943, and launched by Mrs. A.V. Alexander, wife of the First Lord of the Admiralty on 23 March 1944 and completed on 11 August 1944.[1] After the war she was transferredContinue reading “HMS Loch Achanalt/HMNZS Pukaki was a Loch-class frigate of the Royal Navy that was loaned to and served with the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II. Later RNZN. Includes visit to Gisborne 1963 photos”

HMNZS Santon (M1178) was a Ton class minesweeper that operated in the Royal Navy, the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN), and the Argentine Navy.

Built for the Royal Navy by Fleetlands Shipyard of Portsmouth, the minesweeper was launched on 18 August 1955 and commissioned as HMS Santon. She was named after a small village in North Lincolnshire. The minesweeper was commissioned in the RNZN from 1965 to 1966, when she was returned to the United Kingdom. She was laterContinue reading “HMNZS Santon (M1178) was a Ton class minesweeper that operated in the Royal Navy, the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN), and the Argentine Navy.”