HMNZS Matai (T01/T372) was a Marine Department lighthouse tender which was requisitioned by the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) and converted into a minesweeper. Operational history[edit] Matai was the government’s lighthouse tender servicing the marine lights around New Zealand and offshore islands, and had been used for cable laying in the 1930s. She was named after the native mataī tree. She was requisitioned on 3 March 1941 andContinue reading “Converted Merchant Ships – HMNZS Matai (T01/T372)”
