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HMNZS Kaiwaka Built: 1937 W.G. Lowe, Auckland. Type: Danlayer Pennant No.: T14 Displacement: 169 tons gross, 98 tons net Length: 88.3 ft./26.9 m Beam: 23 ft./7 m Draft: 7.75 ft./2.3 m Propulsion: Motor 145 bhp single screw diesel Speed: 10 knots. Complement: 12 Armament; 1 X light MG, DCs Kaiwaka was a wooden motor-powered cargoContinue reading “HMNZS Kaiwaka”

HMNZS South Sea, is one of the latter, which unfortunately came to a premature end in a collision with the Union Steamship Company’s Trans-Tasman steamer and sometime HMT Wahine (means ‘wife’) off Point Haswell in Wellington Harbour on December 19, 1942. The 312 ton South Sea had been built by Goole Shipbuilding and Repair PtyContinue reading “HMNZS South Sea, is one of the latter, which unfortunately came to a premature end in a…”

HMNZS Phyllis HMNZS Phyllis Built: Seattle Construction Co., USA 1912 Type: Danlayer Pennant No.: T22 Displacement: 148 tons gross, 67 tons net Length: 96.1 ft./29.3 m Beam: 19.5 ft./ 5.9 m Draft: 2.8 ft./0.8 m Propulsion: Steam recip., ihp 350, single screw coal fired Speed: 9 knots. Armament: 2 x light MG Complement: 14 PhyllisContinue reading “HMNZS Phyllis”

HMNZS Rimu (T 402/T18) HMNZS Rimu – New Zealand trawl from World War II , one of thirteen built Castle units . The ship was launched on September 9, 1941 at the Seager shipyard in Auckland , and the Royal New Zealand Navy entered in July 1942. She was withdrawn from service in 1955. http://ift.tt/2vCdVAcContinue reading “HMNZS Rimu (T 402/T18)”

‘Evolution’ as Royal New Zealand Navy appoints its first female commanding officers from John Currin (JC – Ex-RNZN) – Google+ Public Posts http://ift.tt/2riCZe6 via IFTTT via Blogger http://ift.tt/2rtfnaN