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HMNZS Takapu –    P3556 Takapu [formerly Q1188]Commissioned 22 May 1943 as Q1188 [Takapu]Renamed:Takapu as Kahawai 1980 from JC’s Naval, Maritime and Military News https://ift.tt/3bOiBt0 via IFTTT

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HMNZS Gale (T04) was a coastal cargo boat which was requisitioned by the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) and converted into a minesweeper. She was the first New Zealand vessel to go into action against Japan. Gale was owned by the Canterbury Steam Shipping Company. She was one of four ships requisitioned as a consequenceContinue reading “HMNZS Gale (T04)”

Ridzwan Rahmat, Singapore – Jane’s Navy International 19 February 2020 Follow RSS HMNZS Manawanuithe, RNZN’s hydrographic survey and dive support vessel that was commissioned in 2019. Source: Royal New Zealand Navy The Royal New Zealand Navy’s (RNZN’s) new hydrographic survey and diving support vessel, HMNZS Manawanui, has sailed out to sea for the first time since itContinue reading “HMNZS Manawanui – New Zealand progresses hydrographic vessel towards operational readiness”

Ship details:Type: Converted trawler – minesweeper Pennant No.: 8 1939-40, T06 after November 1940 Taken Over: 5 September 1939 by the NZ Division of the Royal Navy Commissioned: 16 October 1939 as HMS Humphrey Decommissioned: 18 April 1944 Displacement: 206 grt Dimensions: 35.3 x 6.7m ON: 143961 Port: Auckland Owner: Sanford Ltd., Auckland Built: 1918Continue reading “HMNZS Humphrey – Pennant No.: 8 1939-40, T06 after November 1940”