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

HMS Dunedin was a Danae-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy/NZ Div of RN, pennant number D93.

HMS DUNEDIN (1919) at Lyttelton, 4 Nov 1937  She was launched from the yards of Armstrong Whitworth, Newcastle-on-Tyne on 19 November 1918 and commissioned on 13 September 1919. She has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name Dunedin (named after the capital of Scotland, generally Anglicised as Edinburgh). Service history[edit] In October 1920 she, with theContinue reading “HMS Dunedin was a Danae-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy/NZ Div of RN, pennant number D93.”

HMS Chatham was a Town-class light cruiser built for the Royal Navy in the 1910s. She was the name ship of her sub-class of the Town class. The ship survived the First World War and was sold for scrap in 1926.

HMS CHATHAM 1923Lord Jellicoe’s inspection of Navy Personnel 1923.After the war, Chatham was lent to the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy from 1920 to 1924. Capturefile: D:\glass neg raws\Allen C. Green Design and description The Chatham sub-class were slightly larger and improved versions of the preceding Weymouth sub-class.[1] They were 457 feet (139.3 m) long overall, with a beam of 49 feetContinue reading “HMS Chatham was a Town-class light cruiser built for the Royal Navy in the 1910s. She was the name ship of her sub-class of the Town class. The ship survived the First World War and was sold for scrap in 1926.”

HMNZS Te Mana (F111) is one of ten Anzac-class frigates and one of two serving in the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN).

Op Crucible – HMNZS Te Mana Drone Photos The name Te Mana is Māori, approximately translating as ‘status’ or ‘authority’ (for further information on this term, see Mana). The ship was laid down under the joint Anzac project by Tenix Defence at Williamstown, Victoria in 1996, launched in 1997, and commissioned into the RNZN in 1999. In 2003 and 2004 and 2013–2014, Te Mana wasContinue reading “HMNZS Te Mana (F111) is one of ten Anzac-class frigates and one of two serving in the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN).”

HMS Philomel, later HMNZS Philomel, was a Pearl-class cruiser.

HMS Philomel in the Red Sea She was the fifth ship of that name and served with the Royal Navy. After her commissioning in 1890, she served on the Cape of Good Hope Station and later with the Mediterranean Fleet. HMS Philomel In 1914, she was loaned to New Zealand for service with what would later become the Royal New Zealand Navy. During the early stagesContinue reading “HMS Philomel, later HMNZS Philomel, was a Pearl-class cruiser.”