The vessel was later transferred to the Royal New Zealand Navy serving as surveyor until 1975 and was eventually scrapped in 1993. Construction and design Lachlan was laid down by Mort’s Dock & Engineering Company, Sydney on 22 March 1943 and launched on 25 March 1944 by Sarah McNamara Scullin, wife of former Australian Prime Minister James Scullin, and commissioned on 14 February 1945. It was named afterContinue reading “HMAS Lachlan (K364/F364) (later HMNZS Lachlan (F364)) was a River-class frigate that served the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) from 1945 to 1949.”
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Survey Ships and Oceanographic Research – HMAS/HMNZS Lachlan
HMNZS Lachlan and V bomber HMNZS Lachlan as a survey ship in Tamatea / Dusky Sound, South Island HMAS Lachlan (K364/F364) (later HMNZS Lachlan (F364)) was a River-class frigate that served the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) from 1945 to 1949. The vessel was later transferred to the Royal New Zealand Navy serving as surveyor until 1975 and was eventually scrapped in 1993. Construction and design[edit] Lachlan was laid down by Mort’s Dock & Engineering Company, Sydney on 22 March 1943Continue reading “Survey Ships and Oceanographic Research – HMAS/HMNZS Lachlan”
