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HMNZS Endeavour (A11) was a fleet oiler for the Royal New Zealand Navy.

  She was named after James Cook’s Bark Endeavour and the third ship in the RNZN to carry that name, though if continuity with the Royal Navy ships of the name HMS Endeavour is considered, she is the twelfth. The previous two ships of the RNZN were Antarctic research support vessels. Endeavour was built inContinue reading “HMNZS Endeavour (A11) was a fleet oiler for the Royal New Zealand Navy.”

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”