The newest Commanding Officer of the Royal New Zealand Navy’s HMNZS Canterbury says his 35-year Navy career started with an inspiring recruiter who visited his high school in Thames. 12 September, 2025 Commander Wayne Andrew uttered “I have the ship” at a Change of Command ceremony at Devonport Naval Base on Thursday, receiving the ship’sContinue reading “Thames naval officer takes command of Navy’s multi-role vessel”
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Merchant Navy Day at Pukeahu
September 1, 2025 Press Release – Ministry for Culture and HeritageMerchant Navy Day will be marked by a national commemoration on Wednesday 3 September at Pukeahu National War Memorial Park in Wellington. Maheno at Port Chalmers, 1915The hospital ship Maheno fully dressed and nearing completion at Port Chalmers mid-1915. “Please join us to mark thisContinue reading “Merchant Navy Day at Pukeahu”
HMNZS Canterbury’s fourth capital visit this year highlights ship’s critical Defence role
Multi-role logistics vessel HMNZS Canterbury has arrived in Wellington for the fourth time this year as part of its transportation duties to and from Exercise Talisman Sabre in Australia. 29 August, 2025 In what has been a complex three-month deployment, HMNZS Canterbury has clocked up more 16,730 nautical miles, or three-quarters of the way around the circumferenceContinue reading “HMNZS Canterbury’s fourth capital visit this year highlights ship’s critical Defence role”
Hawke’s Bay naval officer hones his skills in the Pacific
Sub Lieutenant Zac Jenkins is looking forward to his return to Auckland on board HMNZS Canterbury on Friday, after nearly three months overseas. 27 August, 2025 The 23-year-old Waipukurau man initially worked as a butcher for three years after leaving Central Hawke’s Bay College, before joining the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) in 2022. “IContinue reading “Hawke’s Bay naval officer hones his skills in the Pacific”
HMNZS Charles Upham (A02) was a Mercandian 2-in-1 class roll-on/roll-off vessel operated by the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) between 1994 and 2001.
he vessel was built for the Danish shipping company Mercandia during the early 1980s, and operated under the names Mercandian Queen II and Continental Queen II. The New Zealand Defence Force had identified the need for a logistic support ship as early as the 1970s but it was not until the 1991 white paper that planning to acquire a ship commenced in earnest. Mercandian Queen II was forContinue reading “HMNZS Charles Upham (A02) was a Mercandian 2-in-1 class roll-on/roll-off vessel operated by the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) between 1994 and 2001.”
