Author Archives: John Currin (JC 's Naval and Military)

HMNZS Charles Upham (A02) was a Mercandian 2-in-1 class roll-on/roll-off vessel operated by the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) between 1994 and 2001.

HMNZS Charles Upham HMNZS Charles Upham The vessel was built for the Danish shipping company Mercandia during the early 1980s, and operated under the names Mercandian Queen II and Continental Queen II. The New Zealand Defence Force had identified the need for a logistic support ship as early as the 1970s but it was not until the 1991 white paper that planning to acquire a shipContinue reading “HMNZS Charles Upham (A02) was a Mercandian 2-in-1 class roll-on/roll-off vessel operated by the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) between 1994 and 2001.”

HMNZS Canterbury is a multi-role vessel (MRV)[clarification needed] of the Royal New Zealand Navy.

Navy, Air, Army, HMNZS Canterbury, MRV, Samoa, Tonga, Tsunami, Deployment: HMNZS Canterbury deploys to Tonga and Samoa after a Tsunami in the Pacific region devastated much of Samoa South Coast and a small Island in Tonga. Aerial view of Niuatoputapu Island, NTT with Canterbury anchored offshore. She was commissioned in June 2007, and is theContinue reading “HMNZS Canterbury is a multi-role vessel (MRV)[clarification needed] of the Royal New Zealand Navy.”

HMNZS Endeavour (A11) was the fleet oiler for the Royal New Zealand Navy.

She was named after James Cook’s Bark Endeavour and is the third ship in the RNZN to carry that name, though if continuity with the Royal Navy ships of the name HMS Endeavour is considered, she is the twelfth. The previous two ships of the RNZN were Antarctic research support vessels. Endeavour was built inContinue reading “HMNZS Endeavour (A11) was the fleet oiler for the Royal New Zealand Navy.”

HMNZS Endeavour (A184)/USS Namakagon (AOG-53) was a Patapsco-class gasoline tanker built for the United States Navy during World War II.

In some sources, the ship’s name is also spelled Namakogon. After her decommissioning from the U.S. Navy in 1957, the former Namakagon served as Antarctic supply vessel HMNZS Endeavour (A814) for the Royal New Zealand Navy (1962–1971), and as ROCS Lung Chuan for the Republic of China Navy. Lung Chuan ended active service when sheContinue reading “HMNZS Endeavour (A184)/USS Namakagon (AOG-53) was a Patapsco-class gasoline tanker built for the United States Navy during World War II.”