LOCH ACHRAY was renamed HM New Zealand Ship KANIERE by Lady Willis, wife of CinC Portsmouth. After work-up in Malta with three of the other LOCH Class also being transferred she arrived in Auckland in January 1949. HMNZS Kaniere off of Banks Peninsula, Oct 7th 1950 HMNZS KANIERE was again brought forward in 1953 forContinue reading “H M N Z S K A N I E R E (F426)”
