Category Archives: Cruiser –

Cruiser – HMS Diomede (92 (Jun 22); I.92 (1936); D.92 (1940) NZ Div of RN

HMS Diomede was a Danae class cruiser of the Royal Navy. Constructed at Vickers Armstrong, Barrow, she was constructed too late to take part in World War I and was consequently completed at the Royal Dockyard, Portsmouth. A black and white glass plate photograph showing HMS DIOMEDE (1919) a Danae class naval cruiser on LytteltonContinue reading “Cruiser – HMS Diomede (92 (Jun 22); I.92 (1936); D.92 (1940) NZ Div of RN”

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)”

HMS/HMNZS (63) Bellona was the name ship of her sub-class of light cruisers for the Royal Navy.

HMNZS Bellona as Guard Ship, 100th Anniversary Day regatta, Auckland Harbour – 28 Jan 1950 Aircraft from HMAS SYDNEY over NZ cruiser HMNZS BELLONA, Feb.-Mar. 1951 – ADFS. In a way this is a physical manifestation of postwar New Zealand naval policy, in that the RNZN Dido Class anti-aircraft cruisers were obtained by loan andContinue reading “HMS/HMNZS (63) Bellona was the name ship of her sub-class of light cruisers for the Royal Navy.”

HMNZS Leander (75) was a light cruiser which served with the Royal New Zealand Navy during World War II.

1944: HMNZS LEANDER leaves Calliope Dock, Auckland, after battle damage repairs – HMNZS LEANDER had been hit by a 24-inch Japanese ‘long lance’ torpedo during the night Battle of Kula Gulf in the southwest Pacific on July 13, 1943. She lost 28 men. She was the lead ship of the Leander class. The ship initially served as HMS Leander in the Royal Navy beforeContinue reading “HMNZS Leander (75) was a light cruiser which served with the Royal New Zealand Navy during World War II.”