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Irish Government Set to Purchase Pair of Patrolships from New Zealand

3rd March 2022   Jehan Ashmore New Zealand Navy inshore patrol cutters: The purchase comes at a time when the Naval Service is critically short of personnel Credit: Irish Examiner-twitter 4 SHARES The Irish government is set to shortly announce a deal to purchase two warships from New Zealand. This is to bolster the country’s maritimeContinue reading “Irish Government Set to Purchase Pair of Patrolships from New Zealand”

Navy inshore patrol vessel to visit Nelson

Vanessa Phillips11:58, Feb 15 2022 NZDF Royal New Zealand Navy’s inshore patrol vessel HMNZS Taupō is visiting Nelson. Royal New Zealand Navy inshore patrol vessel, the HMNZS Taupō, is due to visit Port Nelson next week. The 55m-long ship is expected to arrive at Port Nelson on February 25 as part of junior naval officers’Continue reading “Navy inshore patrol vessel to visit Nelson”

HMNZS Canterbury – (photos)

MSI DS25 stabilised machine gun system     HMNZS Canterbury (L 421): The construction of the MRV was sub contracted-out to Merwede Shipyards in the Netherlands by Tenix Shipyards in Williamstown, Melbourne, with the design based on the commercial RoRo ship Ben my Chree. However, the choice of a commercially based design has been criticisedContinue reading “HMNZS Canterbury – (photos)”