An ALC 40 Landing Craft, number AB 2180, was purchased in November 1952 from the Australian Army surplus stores in Colmslie, Queensland to improve the transportation of stores around the Hauraki Gulf. AB 2180 was shipped to Auckland on the freighter Waimate, arriving on 20 March 1953 and relieved the Fleet Auxiliary Endeavour for otherContinue reading “Lander 1- Used to supply HMNZS TAMAKI on Motuihe Island”
