Tag Archives: JCs Royal New Zealand Navy

The armoured cruiser USS Seattle at Pipitea Wharf during a 1925 visit to Wellington, New Zealand.

USS Seattle Ex USS Washington (ACR-11/CA-11/IX-39) The seventh USS Washington (ACR-11/CA-11/IX-39), also referred to as “Armored Cruiser No. 11”, and later renamed Seattle and reclassified CA-11 and IX-39, was a United States Navy Tennessee-class armored cruiser. She was laid down on 23 September 1903 at Camden, New Jersey, by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation, launchedContinue reading “The armoured cruiser USS Seattle at Pipitea Wharf during a 1925 visit to Wellington, New Zealand.”

Devonport Naval Base during WW2

L-R: Q1184 – HMNZS Paea, Q1194 – HMNZS Ngapona, Q1192 – HMNZS Maroro, Q1193 – HMNZS Tamure, HMNZS Philomel From the archive: Image taken at Devonport Naval Base during WW2 shows a group of Harbour Defence Motor Launches (HDML) with HMNZS Philomel she was used as a patrol launch base from late 1942 to 1945.L-R:Continue reading “Devonport Naval Base during WW2”

Navy inshore patrol vessel to visit Nelson

Vanessa Phillips11:58, Feb 15 2022 NZDF Royal New Zealand Navy’s inshore patrol vessel HMNZS Taupō is visiting Nelson. Royal New Zealand Navy inshore patrol vessel, the HMNZS Taupō, is due to visit Port Nelson next week. The 55m-long ship is expected to arrive at Port Nelson on February 25 as part of junior naval officers’Continue reading “Navy inshore patrol vessel to visit Nelson”

HMNZS Canterbury – (photos)

MSI DS25 stabilised machine gun system     HMNZS Canterbury (L 421): The construction of the MRV was sub contracted-out to Merwede Shipyards in the Netherlands by Tenix Shipyards in Williamstown, Melbourne, with the design based on the commercial RoRo ship Ben my Chree. However, the choice of a commercially based design has been criticisedContinue reading “HMNZS Canterbury – (photos)”