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EX RNZN – Arataki on the slip in Dunedin about to be broken up – probably broken up by now,

  Launched 40 % complete as YTL 627 for USN in 1945.1947 towed to Naval Dockyard at Auckland and completed 10/1948 for use as a tug.Later sold privately, then spent many years laid up at Bluff and Dunedin and eventually brokken up during 2012. from JC’s New Zealand Navy and Military News – Past andContinue reading “EX RNZN – Arataki on the slip in Dunedin about to be broken up – probably broken up by now,”

Helicopter drops in to schools

Pupils of a Dunedin school could only watch as a military helicopter landed on their sports field and soldiers took position yesterday. That is because touching most of the equipment was strictly prohibited at the demonstration. The New Zealand Army and Royal New Zealand Air Force landed a NH90 helicopter at Otago Boys’ High SchoolContinue reading “Helicopter drops in to schools”

HMS Plymouth (F126), HMAS Vendetta (D08), HMS Salisbury (F32), HMS Cambrian (D85), HMS Albion (R07), HMAS Quiberon (F03), HMNZS Otago (F111) and HMS Duchess (D154), Malaya, 1963 – Near Pulau Tioman, Pulau Aur in background. I was onboard Otago (F111)

  HMS Plymouth (F126), HMAS Vendetta (D08), HMS Salisbury (F32), HMS Cambrian (D85), HMS Albion (R07), HMAS Quiberon (F03), HMNZS Otago (F111) and HMS Duchess (D154), Malaya, 1963 – Near Pulau Tioman, Pulau Aur in background. I was onboard Otago (F111) from JC’s New Zealand Navy and Military News – Past and Present https://ift.tt/5bPpRM6 viaContinue reading “HMS Plymouth (F126), HMAS Vendetta (D08), HMS Salisbury (F32), HMS Cambrian (D85), HMS Albion (R07), HMAS Quiberon (F03), HMNZS Otago (F111) and HMS Duchess (D154), Malaya, 1963 – Near Pulau Tioman, Pulau Aur in background. I was onboard Otago (F111)”