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HMNZS LEANDER – 1941 – PLAYING DECK HOCKEY

via John Currin (JC – Ex-RNZN) – Google+ Public Posts http://ift.tt/2r8AiPO HMNZS LEANDER – 1941 – PLAYING DECK HOCKEYHMNZS Leander was a light cruiser which served with the Royal New Zealand Navy during World War II. She was the lead ship of a class of eight ships, the Leander-class light cruiser and was initially namedContinue reading “HMNZS LEANDER – 1941 – PLAYING DECK HOCKEY”

HMNZS ARABIS

via John Currin (JC – Ex-RNZN) – Google+ Public Posts http://ift.tt/2rHCScM HMNZS ARABISHMNZS Arabis was a modified Flower-class corvette of the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN). Built for the Royal Navy as HMS Arabis, she was transferred to the RNZN on completion. She was commissioned in 1944 and decommissioned in 1948.After a refit, Arabis sailedContinue reading “HMNZS ARABIS”

HMNZS ENDEAVOUR 2014

via John Currin (JC – Ex-RNZN) – Google+ Public Posts http://ift.tt/2rK1wIV HMNZS ENDEAVOUR 2014HMNZS Endeavour (A11) is the current fleet oiler for the Royal New Zealand Navy. She is named after James Cook's Bark Endeavour and is the third ship in the RNZN to carry that name, though if continuity with the Royal Navy shipsContinue reading “HMNZS ENDEAVOUR 2014”