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NZ explores support ship options – News – ShephardThe Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) is exploring options to fill a support capability gap in its fleet when HMNZS Manawanui retires. The capability gap will be filled when the future Littoral Operations Support Capability (LOSC) vessel enters service. This explains why the NZDF announced a ‘smallContinue reading “Untitled”

HMNZS Tui (T234) was a Bird class minesweeper of the Royal New Zealand Navy. She was commissioned in 1941 for minesweeping and anti-submarine roles.

Originally shared by +John Currin (JC – Ex-RNZN) Photo was taken in 1944.Tui was the first of two ships with this name to serve in the Royal New Zealand Navy and was named after a native bird from New Zealand.In March 1942 in Scotland, Tui and the four Isles class trawlers, Killegray, Inchkeith, Sanda andContinue reading “HMNZS Tui (T234) was a Bird class minesweeper of the Royal New Zealand Navy. She was commissioned in 1941 for minesweeping and anti-submarine roles.”

New post (ROYAL NEW ZEALAND NAVY – SHIP OF THE DAY FEB 17, 2016 HMNZS Ikatere) has been published on Royal New Zealand Navy – Ship of the Day

Ex – HMNZS Ikatere – Examination VesselMotor Boat of 43 tons. Built 1940.Returned 1944. Was later owned by an ex-shipmate?? in NapierDuring October 1943 the short lines of mines in the minor channels on either side of Rakino Island in the Hauraki Gulf were swept by the HMNZS Thomas Currell and HMNZS Kaiwaka, the smallContinue reading “New post (ROYAL NEW ZEALAND NAVY – SHIP OF THE DAY FEB 17, 2016 HMNZS Ikatere) has been published on Royal New Zealand Navy – Ship of the Day”