Starboard view of the screw sloop HMS Torch at anchor. A ship connected to New Zealand

  Starboard view of the screw sloop HMS Torch at anchor. HMS Torch 1905.  Australia Station flagship HMS EURYALUS with HMS TORCH The 12,000 ton Cressy Class armoured cruiser HMS EURYALUS, last of her class, served as the flagship of the Australia Station’s Commander-in-Chief Vice Admiral Sir Arthur Fanshawe in 1904-1905, having relieved HMS ROYALContinue reading “Starboard view of the screw sloop HMS Torch at anchor. A ship connected to New Zealand”

HMS A1 was accidentally run down by mail steamer SS Berwick Castle on 18 March 1904 with the loss of all her crew.

HMS A1 was accidentally run down by mail steamer SS Berwick Castle on 18 March 1904 with the loss of all her crew. HMS A1 was the Royal Navy‘s first British-designed submarine, and their first to suffer fatal casualties. She was the lead ship of the first British A-class submarines and the only one to have a single bow torpedo tube. She wasContinue reading “HMS A1 was accidentally run down by mail steamer SS Berwick Castle on 18 March 1904 with the loss of all her crew.”

HMAS Paluma (A 01) is the lead ship of the Paluma-class survey motor launches operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).

  HMAS Paluma (IV) (A01) A coastal survey ship commissioned by the Royal Australian Navy in 1989. The ship was designed for hydrographic surveys in northern Australia’s shallow waters. It is named after the town of Paluma in North Queensland. September 2021 Retired from Blogger https://ift.tt/ZDc6LiI via IFTTT March 04, 2024 at 01:34PM See allContinue reading “HMAS Paluma (A 01) is the lead ship of the Paluma-class survey motor launches operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).”

RNZN ship of the day – HMNZS Hawea (P3571)

  HMNZS Hawea entering Otago Harbour in 2009 HMNZS HAWEA guiding Queen Mary II into Waitangi. 2007 HMNZS HAWEA and Queen Mary II  Navy Open Day at Devonport, New Zealand. A fleet of seven ships enters Auckland Harbour. New Zealand Navy Ships, HMNZS CANTERBURY, ENDEAVOUR, TE KAHA, HAWEA and TAUPO HMNZS Hawea is a Lake-class inshore patrol vessel of the Royal New Zealand Navy. Hawea wasContinue reading “RNZN ship of the day – HMNZS Hawea (P3571)”