Built: Seattle Construction Co., USA 1912Type: DanlayerPennant No.: T22Displacement: 148 tons gross, 67 tons netLength: 96.1 ft./29.3 m Beam: 19.5 ft./ 5.9 m Draft: 2.8 ft./0.8 mPropulsion: Steam recip., ihp 350, single screw coal firedSpeed: 9 knots.Armament: 2 x light MGComplement: 14 Phyllis was built as a whale chaser built for the Norwegians named StarContinue reading “Danlayers – HMNZS Phyllis (T22)”
Category Archives: Danlayers and Examination Vessels
Danlayer and Examination Vessel, Ikatere, 1940-45, 150 bhp diesel, 8 knots (15 km/h) Based in Auckland – obscured is HMNZS Hautapu.
Danlayers employed by the Royal New Zealand Navy during World War II HMNZS Waipu (T32) HMNZS Coastguard (T12) HMNZS Ikatere HMNZS Kaiwaka (T14) HMNZS Nora Niven (T23) HMNZS Phyllis T22 HMNZS Waiho (T34) HMNZS Waima (T33)
HMNZS Nora Niven (T23) Converted trawler/Dan Layer 1941–1944
Nora Niven and Simplon were chartered by the Royal Navy during the First World War to be used as minesweepers and In respect of personnel it was acknowledged that the normal crews of the trawlers would have to be utilised, but that for the purposes of naval discipline, the masters should be given a temporaryContinue reading “HMNZS Nora Niven (T23) Converted trawler/Dan Layer 1941–1944”
HMNZS Coastguard (T12) Converted trawler 1941–1960Danlayer – Functioned as a stores ship 1945–1960
HMNZS Coastguard (T12)Converted trawler 1941–1960Danlayer – Functioned as a stores ship 1945–1960
HMNZS Kaiwaka (T14) Built: 1937 W.G. Lowe, Auckland. Type: Danlayer, Pennant No.: T14
Displacement: 169 tons gross, 98 tons netLength: 88.3 ft./26.9 m Beam: 23 ft./7 m Draft: 7.75 ft./2.3 mPropulsion: Motor 145 bhp single screw diesel Speed: 10 knots.Complement: 12Armament; 1 X light MG, DCs Kaiwaka was a wooden motor-powered cargo lighter owned by NZ Refrigerating Co. Ltd employed carrying meat to overseas ships off Wanganui. SheContinue reading “HMNZS Kaiwaka (T14) Built: 1937 W.G. Lowe, Auckland. Type: Danlayer, Pennant No.: T14”
