New Zealand crews distribute Ukraine-bound weapons around Europe

Europe New Zealand News   05/05/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 268 Views  0 Comments Ukraine Facebook LinkedIn Pinterest Twitter Share… Email New Zealand Defence Force personnel deployed to Europe have quickly integrated with international partner militaries and commenced supporting Ukraine’s self defence. CAPTION: A member of the NZDF air loading team loads pallets to be carried on a C-130 Hercules of either theContinue reading “New Zealand crews distribute Ukraine-bound weapons around Europe”

HMNZS Resolution (A14) was a hydrographic ship of the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN).

HMNZS Resolution (originally  USNS Tenacious (T-AGOS-17) docked at Wellington, New Zealand. Tenacious (foreground) and sister ship Contender tied up at Bishop’s Point, Pearl Harbor, in 1991 Originally the United States Naval Ship USNS Tenacious (T-AGOS-17), the Stalwart-class ocean surveillance ship was used by the United States to locate and track Soviet submarines from 1989 to 1997, when she was transferred to theContinue reading “HMNZS Resolution (A14) was a hydrographic ship of the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN).”

Starman loads Lake Class patrol boats for the New Zealand Navy 1974

  Starman  loads Lake Class patrol boats for the New Zealand Navy 1974                                                   Photographs above © Dick Young     Lake Class (PC) Patrol Boats     Displacement (tons): 105 Standard, 135 Full Load DimensionsContinue reading “Starman loads Lake Class patrol boats for the New Zealand Navy 1974”

HMNZS Wakakura was the second ship of this name to serve in the New Zealand Navy.

  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, inContinue reading “HMNZS Wakakura was the second ship of this name to serve in the New Zealand Navy.”