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The armoured cruiser USS Seattle at Pipitea Wharf during a 1925 visit to Wellington, New Zealand.

USS Seattle Ex USS Washington (ACR-11/CA-11/IX-39) The seventh USS Washington (ACR-11/CA-11/IX-39), also referred to as “Armored Cruiser No. 11”, and later renamed Seattle and reclassified CA-11 and IX-39, was a United States Navy Tennessee-class armored cruiser. She was laid down on 23 September 1903 at Camden, New Jersey, by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation, launchedContinue reading “The armoured cruiser USS Seattle at Pipitea Wharf during a 1925 visit to Wellington, New Zealand.”

Devonport Naval Base during WW2

L-R: Q1184 – HMNZS Paea, Q1194 – HMNZS Ngapona, Q1192 – HMNZS Maroro, Q1193 – HMNZS Tamure, HMNZS Philomel From the archive: Image taken at Devonport Naval Base during WW2 shows a group of Harbour Defence Motor Launches (HDML) with HMNZS Philomel she was used as a patrol launch base from late 1942 to 1945.L-R:Continue reading “Devonport Naval Base during WW2”

HMNZS Royalist, Vancouver 1962

HMS Royalist/HMNZS Royalist was a Dido-class light cruiser of the Bellona subgroup[Note 1] of the Royal Navy. She was a modified Dido design with only four turrets but improved anti-aircraft armament. She was built by Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company of Greenock with the keel being laid down on 21 March 1940. She was launchedContinue reading “HMNZS Royalist, Vancouver 1962”