Construction and delivery[edit] Taranaki‘s first crew arrived in Cowes on 27 March 1961 after a full military march from Plymouth; the ship commissioned into the RNZN a day later. The new frigate had been fitted out with an impressive amount of fine worked wood panelling in the ward room and other joint facilities. She was formally handed over onContinue reading “HMNZS Taranaki (F148) was a modified Rothesay-class frigate in service with the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) from 1960 to 1982. She, along with her sister ship Otago, formed a core part of the RNZN escort force throughout the 1960s and 1970s. She was named after Taranaki Province.”
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HMNZS Sanda (T 160) MS Trawler of the Isles class
Navy The Royal New Zealand Navy Type MS Trawler Class Isles Pennant T 160 Built by Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd. (Goole, U.K.) : Amos & Smith Ordered 22 Jul 1940 Laid down 23 Dec 1940 Launched 12 Jul 1941 Commissioned 4 Nov 1941 End service History Sold in 1958. Commands listedContinue reading “HMNZS Sanda (T 160) MS Trawler of the Isles class”
Cookie the cat-commander He is the infrequent wanderer of the North Yard section of the Devonport Naval Base and the unofficial mascot for the Royal New Zealand Navy.
SUPPLIED Cookie purr-patrols the Naval Base in Devonport. The New Zealand Defence Force does not know who the ginger cat belongs to but he has been named Cookie by some military personnel. Cookie is known to hang around the Recruit Training School and shows his supawwt to new recruits. He is often seen around theContinue reading “Cookie the cat-commander He is the infrequent wanderer of the North Yard section of the Devonport Naval Base and the unofficial mascot for the Royal New Zealand Navy.”
Nuclear veterans’ advocate and renowned artist dies. RIP Roy Sefton
Jimmy Ellingham 08:52, Jan 06 2021 Facebook Twitter Reddit Email Comments1 DAVID UNWIN/STUFF Roy Sefton, who has died aged 82, displays his medals for Stuff in 2016. The last medal on the right of the top line is his medal for nuclear test veterans. A creative mind and determined spirit is being remembered for hisContinue reading “Nuclear veterans’ advocate and renowned artist dies. RIP Roy Sefton”
HMS Puriri Memorial The memorial to the five seamen lost their lives when the navy minesweeper HMS Puriri was sunk north-east of Bream Head, Whangarei on 14 May 1941. The memorial was dedicated in 2011 on the 70th anniversary of the sinking.
HMS Puriri was a converted 927-ton Anchor Company coaster that was commissioned into the 25th Minesweeping Flotilla on 19 April 1941. It was operating with another minesweeper, HMS Gale, off Bream Head in the northern approaches to the Hauraki Gulf when it struck a German contact mine, part of a 228-mine barrage laid onContinue reading “HMS Puriri Memorial The memorial to the five seamen lost their lives when the navy minesweeper HMS Puriri was sunk north-east of Bream Head, Whangarei on 14 May 1941. The memorial was dedicated in 2011 on the 70th anniversary of the sinking.”
