https://ift.tt/Ljq3IHa HMS New Zealand ca. 1913. In 1909 Prime Minister Sir Joseph Ward reacted to the perceived German threat by announcing that New Zealand would fund the construction of a battlecruiser to be gifted to the Royal Navy. Construction of HMS New Zealand cost £1.7 million ($231 million in 2007). HMS New Zealand in Lyttelton Credit Alexander Turnbull LibraryReference No. PAColl-6304-17Part ofContinue reading “HMS New Zealand, 1913”
