Currin’s Naval – Page 45 – JCs Royal New Zealand Navy Ships and New Zealand Defence, Also other World Defence Updates

Royal Navy’s torpedo ram HMS Polyphemus (1881) in a drydock. There’s a torpedo tube in the centre of the ram.

The third HMS Polyphemus was a Royal Navy torpedo ram, serving from 1881 until 1903. A shallow-draft, fast, low-profile vessel, she was designed to penetrate enemy harbours at speed and sink anchored ships.[3] Designed by Nathaniel Barnaby primarily as a protected torpedo boat, the ram was provided very much as secondary armament.[2][4] It has been suggested[5] that H. G. Wells’ fictional HMS Thunder Child from his novel The War of the Worlds may haveContinue reading “Royal Navy’s torpedo ram HMS Polyphemus (1881) in a drydock. There’s a torpedo tube in the centre of the ram.”

US Navy’s next destroyer ship could be equipped with a hypersonic missile system capable of hitting anywhere on Earth within an HOUR

USS Zumwalt arrives in British Columbia Conventional Prompt Strike missiles have been under discussion for decades The USS Zumwalt is a new class of stealth destroyer built for the US Navy They can operate in deep ocean waters and could house a CPS weapon platform By RYAN MORRISON FOR MAILONLINE PUBLISHED: 23:18 AEDT, 16 January 2020 | UPDATED: 23:18 AEDT,Continue reading “US Navy’s next destroyer ship could be equipped with a hypersonic missile system capable of hitting anywhere on Earth within an HOUR”

HMS Lion – C34

HMS Lion was a light cruiser of the British Royal Navy, originally ordered in 1942 as one of the Minotaur-class and laid down that same year as Defence by Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company at Greenock in Scotland on 6 June 1942.She was finally commissioned in July 1960, having been rushed into service with someContinue reading “HMS Lion – C34”

HMNZS PUKAKI

HMNZS PUKAKI Ex Loch Achanalt (K424) Loaned to the Royal Canadian Navy, the ship was commissioned on 31 July 1944, and joined the 6th Canadian Escort Group at Derry for convoy defence and anti-submarine operations in the North-Western Approaches. On 16 October Loch Achanalt and Annan engaged and sank the German submarine U-1006 off theContinue reading “HMNZS PUKAKI”

HMNZS_Wakakura_(P3555)

HMNZS Wakakura (P3555) was a Moa-class inshore patrol vessel of the Royal New Zealand Navy. It was commissioned in March 1985 for the Naval Volunteer Reserve. Wakakura was attached to the Wellington division of the Naval Volunteer Reserve from her commissioning until 2005, when she returned to the fleet base in Auckland. Wakakura, in companyContinue reading “HMNZS_Wakakura_(P3555)”