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Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) crew from inshore patrol vessel HMNZS Taupo and the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) have boarded and inspected fishing vessels along the South Island’s east coast this month.

18 JUNE, 2024 After departing Lyttelton on 4 June with two MPI fishery officers aboard, RNZN personnel from Taupo made seven boardings over three days. The fishery officers would observe vessels before hailing them to ask questions about their catch. A five-person boarding team would then use Taupo’s seaboat for a visual inspection. While sixContinue reading “Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) crew from inshore patrol vessel HMNZS Taupo and the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) have boarded and inspected fishing vessels along the South Island’s east coast this month.”

HMS Loch Morlich/HMNZS Tutira was a Loch-class frigate that never saw service with the Royal Navy. Ordered during World War II, she saw service instead with the Royal Canadian Navy in the Battle of the Atlantic. She was named for Loch Morlich in Scotland. After the war she was returned to the Royal Navy and she was sold to the Royal New Zealand Navy and renamed Tutira.

Loch Morlich was transferred to the Royal New Zealand Navy on 1 April 1949.[3] Renamed Tutira, she was commissioned into the Royal New Zealand Navy on 19 April 1949.[1] In 1950, along with HMNZS Pukaki, she sailed for Korea, taking part in the United Nations naval blockade during the Korean War, serving mainly as an escort. She took part in the Battle of Inchon serving as partContinue reading “HMS Loch Morlich/HMNZS Tutira was a Loch-class frigate that never saw service with the Royal Navy. Ordered during World War II, she saw service instead with the Royal Canadian Navy in the Battle of the Atlantic. She was named for Loch Morlich in Scotland. After the war she was returned to the Royal Navy and she was sold to the Royal New Zealand Navy and renamed Tutira.”

Five-month deployment for Royal New Zealand Navy vessel includes military exercises, operations and engagements

A series of international operations and exercises in the Western Pacific, South East Asia and East Asia will form part of a significant deployment for the Royal New Zealand Navy’s (RNZN) HMNZS Aotearoa. 19 JUNE, 2024 The RNZN’s maritime sustainment vessel sailed from Devonport Naval Base last week with a Seasprite helicopter on board, andContinue reading “Five-month deployment for Royal New Zealand Navy vessel includes military exercises, operations and engagements”

Aircraft from HMAS SYDNEY over NZ cruiser HMNZS BELLONA, Feb.-Mar. 1951 – ADFS.

Another view of the Commonwealth Jubilee Exercises off the coast of Tasmania in Feb.-March 1951. Here we see a flight of 10 aircraft – seven Hawker Sea Furies and three Fairey Fireflies from HMAS SYDN EY over the 5,950-7,200 ton New Zealand Modified Dido Class cruiser HMNZS BELLONA. In a way this is a physicalContinue reading “Aircraft from HMAS SYDNEY over NZ cruiser HMNZS BELLONA, Feb.-Mar. 1951 – ADFS.”