RFA Nucula HMS Philomel at the Training Jetty and RFA Nucla (oiler) alongside. Unknown in dock.Devonport Naval Base, Auckland Possibly 1933 The NZ Division, of the Royal Navy. – RFA Nucula, 17 April 1937 at Auckland, New Zealand while going alongside HMAS SYDNEY to refuel her she was caught heavily by a rip tide andContinue reading “RNZN/NZ Division of RN – RNZN Ship of the Day – RFA Nucula”
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RNZN Ship of the day – HMNZS Resolution (A14) was a hydrographic ship of the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN), originally the United States Naval Ship USNS Tenacious (T-AGOS-17)
The Stalwart-class ocean surveillance ship was used by the United States to locate and track Soviet submarines from 1989 to 1997, when she was transferred to the RNZN for use as a hydrographic survey ship. She served until 27 April 2012. She was subsequently sold to EGS Group, a private surveying company, and renamed RVContinue reading “RNZN Ship of the day – HMNZS Resolution (A14) was a hydrographic ship of the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN), originally the United States Naval Ship USNS Tenacious (T-AGOS-17)”
