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  HMNZS Waipu Built: Stevenson & Cook, Port Chalmers Type: Castle Class Minesweeper Pennant No.: T22 Named after: NZ river Displacement: 540 tons std. Full load: 612 tons Length: 134 ft./40.8 m Beam: 23.4 ft./7.1 m Draft: 14.5 ft./4.4 m Propulsion: Coal burner, Triple Expansion, 480 hp, 1 shaft Speed: 10 knots. Complement : 27Continue reading “HMNZS WaipuBuilt: Stevenson & Cook, Port Chalmers Type: Castle Class MinesweeperPennant No.: T22…”

  HMNZS Waipu Built: Stevenson & Cook, Port Chalmers Type: Castle Class Minesweeper Pennant No.: T22 Named after: NZ river Displacement: 540 tons std. Full load: 612 tons Length: 134 ft./40.8 m Beam: 23.4 ft./7.1 m Draft: 14.5 ft./4.4 m Propulsion: Coal burner, Triple Expansion, 480 hp, 1 shaft Speed: 10 knots. Complement : 27Continue reading “HMNZS WaipuBuilt: Stevenson & Cook, Port Chalmers Type: Castle Class MinesweeperPennant No.: T22…”

  HMNZS Waipu Built: Stevenson & Cook, Port Chalmers Type: Castle Class Minesweeper Pennant No.: T32 Named after: NZ river Displacement: 540 tons std. Full load: 612 tons Length: 134 ft./40.8 m Beam: 23.4 ft./7.1 m Draft: 14.5 ft./4.4 m Propulsion: Coal burner, Triple Expansion, 480 hp, 1 shaft Speed: 10 knots. Complement : 27Continue reading “HMNZS WaipuBuilt: Stevenson & Cook, Port Chalmers Type: Castle Class MinesweeperPennant No.: T32…”

HMNZS Waipu (T 357) MS Trawler of the Manuka class Navy The Royal New Zealand Navy Type MS Trawler Class Manuka  Pennant T 357  Built by Stevenson & Cook (Port Chalmers, New Zealand) : A.G. Price (Thames, New Zealand)  Ordered Aug 1941  Laid down   Launched 31 Jul 1943  Commissioned 17 Nov 1943  End serviceContinue reading “HMNZS Waipu (T 357)”

HMNZS Waima (T 349) MS Trawler of the Manuka class Navy The Royal New Zealand Navy Type MS Trawler Class Manuka  Pennant T 349 / T34 – Photo wanted please Built by Stevenson & Cook (Port Chalmers, New Zealand) : A.G. Price (Thames, New Zealand)  Ordered 19 Sep 1941  Laid down   Launched 11 DecContinue reading “HMNZS Waima (T 349)”