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HMNZS Taranaki (F148) at Sydney 28 October 1966 after Exercise Sword Hilt. All the small ships went up under the bridge and around Cockatoo Island while the carriers berthed.

HMNZS Otago – F111

HMNZS Otago – I was on the bridge when photo taken. Description courtesy of Jim Blackburn – also onboard. The photo was taken at 1128 on Monday 29 October 1962. Posted byCurrin FamilyMarch 21, 2024Posted inHMNZS Otago F111 frigateEditHMNZS Otago – I was on the bridge when photo taken. Description courtesy of Jim Blackburn – alsoContinue reading “HMNZS Otago – F111”

HMNZS Taranaki

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HMNZS Taranaki at the Buoy, Sembawang

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HMNZS Otago – I was on the bridge when photo taken. Description courtesy of Jim Blackburn – also onboard. The photo was taken at 1128 on Monday 29 October 1962.

Otago Had just fired a salvo of 6 live Limbo mortar bombsDirectly ahead and was “hard a starboard” to avoid running over the top of them. A second salvo was to be fired immediately but when the bombs were beingloaded the ones from the PortMagazine ran back in to theHandling room and so the secondContinue reading “HMNZS Otago – I was on the bridge when photo taken. Description courtesy of Jim Blackburn – also onboard. The photo was taken at 1128 on Monday 29 October 1962.”