Category Archives: NZ Naval Bases/Dockyards
Crowds at the Naval Base during Navy Week . HMNZS Philomel Sept 1944
Tried to identify the HDML – Possibly Q1184 – 1950 renamed Paea (P3552)
Will there be any sailing (SailGP) today?? Photos of former base HMNZS Tasman. Aerial oblique view of Lyttelton inner harbour. HMNZS Tasman is on the tip of the land mass at bottom right.
HMNZS Tasman, Lyttelton HistoryA naval barracks with accommodation for 200 officers and ratings was built at Lyttelton where the oil storage facility is currently and commissioned on 20 January 1944 by Commander T.S. Critchley, NOIC Lyttelton as HMNZS Tasman. It was used by the RNZN as a training facility for telegraphists and anti-submarine warfare. TheContinue reading “Will there be any sailing (SailGP) today?? Photos of former base HMNZS Tasman. Aerial oblique view of Lyttelton inner harbour. HMNZS Tasman is on the tip of the land mass at bottom right.”
