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The NZ Division, Royal Navy – HMS Achilles Light Cruiser 1933 – 41 HMS/HMNZS Achilles (70) was a Leander-class light cruiser which served with the Royal New Zealand Navy in the Second World War, the second of five in the class.

Originally constructed by the Royal Navy, she was loaned to New Zealand in 1936 before formally joining the new Royal New Zealand Navy in 1941. She became famous for her part in the Battle of the River Plate, alongside HMS Ajax and HMS Exeter and notable for being the first Royal Navy cruiser to haveContinue reading “The NZ Division, Royal Navy – HMS Achilles Light Cruiser 1933 – 41 HMS/HMNZS Achilles (70) was a Leander-class light cruiser which served with the Royal New Zealand Navy in the Second World War, the second of five in the class.”

Cruiser – HMS/HMNZS Achilles (70)

HMS Achilles alongside Aotea Quay, Wellington, in the late 1930s. Launched in 1932, the cruiser joined the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy in 1936. Following the formal establishment of the Royal New Zealand Navy in October 1941, the ship became HMNZS Achilles. HMNZS Achilles was a Leander-class light cruiser, the second of five in the class. SheContinue reading “Cruiser – HMS/HMNZS Achilles (70)”