She was named after James Cook’s Bark Endeavour and the third ship in the RNZN to carry that name, though if continuity with the Royal Navy ships of the name HMS Endeavour is considered, she is the twelfth. The previous two ships of the RNZN were Antarctic research support vessels. Endeavour was built inContinue reading “HMNZS Endeavour (A11) was a fleet oiler for the Royal New Zealand Navy.”
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Remembering a previous fleet of the RNZN
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The armoured cruiser USS Seattle at Pipitea Wharf during a 1925 visit to Wellington, New Zealand.
USS Seattle Ex USS Washington (ACR-11/CA-11/IX-39) 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, New Jersey, by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation, launchedContinue reading “The armoured cruiser USS Seattle at Pipitea Wharf during a 1925 visit to Wellington, New Zealand.”
Devonport Naval Base during WW2
L-R: Q1184 – HMNZS Paea, Q1194 – HMNZS Ngapona, Q1192 – HMNZS Maroro, Q1193 – HMNZS Tamure, HMNZS Philomel From the archive: Image taken at Devonport Naval Base during WW2 shows a group of Harbour Defence Motor Launches (HDML) with HMNZS Philomel she was used as a patrol launch base from late 1942 to 1945.L-R:Continue reading “Devonport Naval Base during WW2”
HMNZS Royalist, Vancouver 1962
HMS Royalist/HMNZS Royalist was a Dido-class light cruiser of the Bellona subgroup[Note 1] of the Royal Navy. She was a modified Dido design with only four turrets but improved anti-aircraft armament. She was built by Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company of Greenock with the keel being laid down on 21 March 1940. She was launchedContinue reading “HMNZS Royalist, Vancouver 1962”
