Wakakura in Ly Ordered by the Admiralty, the vessel, named TR 1, was loaned to the Royal Canadian Navy for use on the East Coast of Canada. She was purchased by New Zealand in 1926 and transferred to the Royal New Zealand Navy when it was established in 1941. She displaced 530 tons standard, could manage 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) and was equipped withContinue reading “HMNZS Wakakura (T00) was originally a First World War Castle-class naval trawler built in Canada.”
