Visit to Great Barrier Island of HMS Laburnum 1922LABURNUM IN PORT. ARRIVAL FROM ENGLAND. A FINE WEATHER PASSAGE. The war-sloop Laburnum, which has come out to New Zealand from England for service in these waters, arrived yesterday afternoon from Port Fitzroy, on the Great Barrier Island, where she made a stay of about five daysContinue reading “The NZ Division, of the Royal Navy. – H.M.S. Laburnum”
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The NZ Division, of the Royal Navy
The NZ Division, of the Royal Navy. – HMS Laburnum The NZ Division, of the Royal Navy via Blogger http://ift.tt/1jXTNm9
The NZ Division, of the Royal Navy
The NZ Division, of the Royal Navy. – HMS Laburnum The NZ Division, of the Royal Navy via Blogger http://ift.tt/1jXTN5E
HMS Veronica and HMS Laburnum – Acacia Class Sloops – New Zealand Division of th…
HMS Veronica and HMS Laburnum – Acacia Class Sloops – New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy from 11 March 1922 to 11 February 1935 HMS Veronica and HMS Laburnum – Acacia Class Sloops – New Zealand Division of th… via Blogger http://ift.tt/1jXTKXJ
HMS Laburnum came to the aid of the torpedoed Mantola
HMS Laburnum came to the aid of the torpedoed Mantola. (The 1,200 tons displacement, 16.5 knot sloop was scuttled at Singapore just before the Japanese invasion in Feb 1942) BI History – Gairsoppa and Mantola salvage attemptBI History. Cargo salvage attempts on BI ships MANTOLA and GAIRSOPPA to start in 2012. Silver from Gairsoppa likelyContinue reading “HMS Laburnum came to the aid of the torpedoed Mantola”
