The armoured cruiser USS Seattle at Pipitea Wharf during a 1925 visit to Wellington, New Zealand.The seventh USS Washington (ACR-11/CA-11/IX-39), also referred to as “Armored Cruiser No. 11”, and later renamed Seattle and reclassified CA-11 and IX-39, was a United States Navy Tennessee-class armored cruiser. She was laid down on 23 September 1903 at Camden,Continue reading “The armoured cruiser USS Seattle at Pipitea Wharf during a 1925 visit to Wellington, New Zealand.”
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HMAS ANZAC Lyttleton 1974
HMAS ANZAC Lyttleton 1974 – HMAS Anzac (D59) was a Battle-class destroyer of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Named after the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, the destroyer was commissioned in 1951. The ship served on two tours of duty during the Korean War, and attempts to distinguish herself from British ships led toContinue reading “HMAS ANZAC Lyttleton 1974”
HMS New Zealand was one of three Indefatigable-class battlecruisers. Launched in 1911, the ship was funded by the government of New Zealand as a gift to Britain,[1] and she was commissioned into the Royal Navy in 1912. She had been intended for the China Station, but was released by the New Zealand government at the request of the Admiralty for service in British waters.
During 1913, New Zealand was sent on a ten-month tour of the British Dominions, with an emphasis on a visit to her namesake nation. She was back in British waters at the start of the First World War, and operated as part of the Royal Navy’s Grand Fleet, in opposition to the German High Seas Fleet. The battlecruiser participated in allContinue reading “HMS New Zealand was one of three Indefatigable-class battlecruisers. Launched in 1911, the ship was funded by the government of New Zealand as a gift to Britain,[1] and she was commissioned into the Royal Navy in 1912. She had been intended for the China Station, but was released by the New Zealand government at the request of the Admiralty for service in British waters.”
Japanese naval ships make rare port stop in New Zealand
August 15, 2025 The Associated Press Deployed on a months-long mission to deepen ties among South Pacific nations, two Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JSMDF) ships docked in Wellington in August 2025, marking the first time Japanese naval vessels have made port in New Zealand’s capital in almost 90 years. The destroyers JS Ise and JSContinue reading “Japanese naval ships make rare port stop in New Zealand”
