Scotland1901Built 1901 for NZ Government with a sister Lady Roberts. She is reported to have laid a minefield at Wellington in WW1 and was used as an examination vessel in WW2.She was HMS Janie Seddon 1939-1941 and HMNZS Janie Seddon 1941-1944 Janie Seddon also served as a liberty boat for the naval base at HMNZSContinue reading “HMS/HMNZS Janie Seddon”
Author Archives: John Currin (JC 's Naval and Military)
Castle Class – RNZN built, not completed as HMNZS Tawhai, later transferred to UNRRA still named Tawhai
Tawhai launch Tawhai sandwiched in the middle Just a peek of Tawhai Tawhai alongside HMNZS Tawhai was a New Zealand-built composite Castle-class trawler built for the Royal New Zealand Navy during World War II for the intention for use as a minesweeper, later being converted into a fishing trawler. Background[edit] The vessel was ordered after the New Zealand government, facing a requirement for more minesweepers to operate in homeContinue reading “Castle Class – RNZN built, not completed as HMNZS Tawhai, later transferred to UNRRA still named Tawhai”
Castle Class – RNZN built, not completed as HMNZS Waikato, later SS Taiaroa (1943)
HMNZS Waikato under construction, 1943 – Not commissioned HMNZS Waikato under construction, 1943 Waikato being launched, 1943 The minesweeper HMNZS Waikato in the Waitematā Harbour immediately after launching, crowds attending the launch ceremony at the Marine Departments Construction Yard in the foreground Castle Class – RNZN built, not completed as HMNZS Waikato, later SS TaiaroaContinue reading “Castle Class – RNZN built, not completed as HMNZS Waikato, later SS Taiaroa (1943)”
HMNZSWaipu (T32/T357)
HMNZS Waipu (T32/T357 ) outboard of HMNZS Kiwi (T102) Ex-HMNZS Waipu as a fishing trawler HMNZS WaipuHMNZS Waipu – New Zealand minesweeper from the period of World War II , one of the thirteen built units of type Castle . The ship was launched on July 31, 1943 at the Stevenson & Cook shipyard inContinue reading “HMNZSWaipu (T32/T357)”
HMNZS Waima(T33/T349)
HMNZS Waima was one of eight steel New Zealand-built Castle-class trawlers built and commissioned by the Royal New Zealand Navy during World War II. Background The vessel was ordered after the New Zealand government, facing a requirement for more minesweepers to operate in home waters, chose the Castle-class design because it was simple enough to be built with the country’s limited ship construction facilities at theContinue reading “HMNZS Waima(T33/T349)”
