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A Visit From HMNZS Royalist to Nelson, NZ. Suspect late 1950’s. Anybody confirm?

from JC’s New Zealand Navy and Military News – Past and Present https://ift.tt/jMgUbLu via IFTTT

HMNZS Royalist flying her paying off pennant – Nov 8th 1965

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HMNZS Royalist

HMNZS Royalist from JC’s New Zealand Navy and Military News – Past and Present https://ift.tt/tTWzBih via IFTTT

New Zealand launches Air Force Heritage Flight

New Zealand’s military aviation heritage will now be on regular display throughout the country with the establishment of the four aircraft-strong Air Force Heritage Flight of New Zealand at Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) Base Ohakea in the Manawatū. CAPTION: New Zealand’s Air Force Heritage Flight aircraft the Spitfire (bottom of photo) and AvengerContinue reading “New Zealand launches Air Force Heritage Flight”

Yo ho ho and a tot of rum — rise and fall of a navy tradition

Monique Keirana day agoa day ago Royal Navy sailors receive their rum ration aboard HMS King George V in 1940. VIA WIKIMEDIA COMMONS A longstanding naval tradition came to an end five decades ago. On March 30, 1972, sailors aboard Canada’s naval vessels received their final “tots,” and a tradition much older than our navyContinue reading “Yo ho ho and a tot of rum — rise and fall of a navy tradition”