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NORTHERN ADVOCATE The Wright stuff: Young Northlander savouring time at sea

25 Jun, 2022 05:00 AM2 minutes to read Ordinary communications warfare specialist Cameron Wright, from Ruakākā, on the HMNZS Wellington during a stop in Ōpua. Photo / Peter de Graaf By  Peter de Graaf Reporter VIEW PROFILE Among the crew on the HMNZS Wellington when it called into Ōpua this week was a 20-year-old NorthlanderContinue reading “NORTHERN ADVOCATE The Wright stuff: Young Northlander savouring time at sea”

HMNZS Kaniere – a Loch Class Frigate at Sydney, 1949.

Of interest the Dido-class cruiser HMNZS Bellona is in the left background, while two more Loch class are berthed in the background at top right. The outboard one appears to be F 424, HMNZS Pukaki, and the inner one has a broad funnel stripe, so would have been the frigate squadron leader. Kaniere with theContinue reading “HMNZS Kaniere – a Loch Class Frigate at Sydney, 1949.”

The guided-missile destroyer USS Sampson (DDG 102) arrives in Auckland for the first port visit by a U.S. Navy ship in more than 30 years

AUCKLAND, New Zealand (Nov. 22, 2016) . While originally en route to Auckland last week to participate in the International Naval Review commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Royal New Zealand Navy, Sampson diverted at the request of the government of New Zealand to assist the New Zealand Defence Force with disaster relief efforts inContinue reading “The guided-missile destroyer USS Sampson (DDG 102) arrives in Auckland for the first port visit by a U.S. Navy ship in more than 30 years”

The battlecruiser HMS New Zealand shortly after completion

  The battlecruiser HMS New Zealand shortly after completion Indefatigable class battle cruiser HMS New Zealand berthed at Outer Harbour, South Australia. HMS New Zealand, carrying Lord and Lady Jellicoe, arrived at Outer Harbor, Port Adelaide, on 25 May 1919, having sailed from Fremantle via Port Lincoln. HMS New Zealand sailed for Melbourne in the early hours of 28 MayContinue reading “The battlecruiser HMS New Zealand shortly after completion”