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Isles Class – HMNZS Scarba (T175)

Isles Class – HMNZS Sanda (T160)

The Isles-class naval trawlers were 164 feet (50.0 m) long, displaced 740 tons full load, and could manage 12 knots (22 km/h). They had a complement of 40 and were armed with one 12-pounder gun, three 20 mm Oerlikons in single mounts and depth charges. The ship was named after an island near the MullContinue reading “Isles Class – HMNZS Sanda (T160)”

Isles Class – HMNZS Killegray (T174)

Isles Class – HMNZS Inchkeith (T155)

Inchkeith was one of the first warships to be commissioned into the Royal New Zealand Navy after the awarding of the title that was effective 1 October 1941. From October 1942 to June 1943 Inchkeith and her sister ships were employed on anti-submarine patrols while supply ships were discharging at Norfolk Island. Guns crew training offContinue reading “Isles Class – HMNZS Inchkeith (T155)”

Isles Class – history and their story – photos

Guns crew training off of the NZ coast HMNZS Inchkeith off of Cape Rodney with Barrier in background – 1942 HMNZS Inchkeith with HMNZS Killegray following, entering Whangarei – 1942 Isles Class Minesweepers at Russell – 1942 Passing Sugar Loaf and Poor Knights – 1942 – Minesweepers Auckland to Russell Auckland to Russell – RangitotoContinue reading “Isles Class – history and their story – photos”