HMS Puriri was a converted 927-ton Anchor Company coaster that was commissioned into the 25th Minesweeping Flotilla on 19 April 1941. It was operating with another minesweeper, HMS Gale, off Bream Head in the northern approaches to the Hauraki Gulf when it struck a German contact mine, part of a 228-mine barrage laid onContinue reading “HMS Puriri Memorial The memorial to the five seamen lost their lives when the navy minesweeper HMS Puriri was sunk north-east of Bream Head, Whangarei on 14 May 1941. The memorial was dedicated in 2011 on the 70th anniversary of the sinking.”
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HMS Puriri (T02) was a coastal cargo boat which was requisitioned by the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) and converted into a minesweeper. She was sunk by a German mine 25 days after she was commissioned.
Operational history Puriri was owned by the Anchor Shipping and Foundry Company. She was one of four ships requisitioned as a consequence of the German auxiliary cruiser Orion’s minefield and the loss of the liner Niagara, the others being Matai, Gale and Rata. Puriri was taken over on 20 November 1940 and handed toContinue reading “HMS Puriri (T02) was a coastal cargo boat which was requisitioned by the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) and converted into a minesweeper. She was sunk by a German mine 25 days after she was commissioned.”
HMNZS Philomel Quarterdeck WW2
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SHIP OF THE WEEK – HMNZS MAORI (Q409, P3570)
Ex HMNZS Maori ML409 Ex HMNZS Maori ML409 Waiheke ferries Iris Moana ex HMNZS Maori – ML409 and Ngaroma ex ML402 (underway) at Auckland’s ferry terminal 1980’s.Both ships were sold to Singapore between 1987 and 1992.I assume Ngaroma still survives,but Iris Moana,on a voyage to Sri Lanka was captured and subsequently sunk by theContinue reading “SHIP OF THE WEEK – HMNZS MAORI (Q409, P3570)”
SHIP OF THE WEEK – HMNZS MAORI (Q409, P3570)
Ex HMNZS Maori ML409 Ex HMNZS Maori ML409 Waiheke ferries Iris Moana ex HMNZS Maori – ML409 and Ngaroma ex ML402 (underway) at Auckland’s ferry terminal 1980’s.Both ships were sold to Singapore between 1987 and 1992.I assume Ngaroma still survives,but Iris Moana,on a voyage to Sri Lanka was captured and subsequently sunk by theContinue reading “SHIP OF THE WEEK – HMNZS MAORI (Q409, P3570)”
