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HMNZS Thomas Currell (T11) – HMNZS Thomas Currell, auxiliary minesweeper , RNZN 1939-1945, is this week’s RNZN Ship Of The Week.

  This is another of those little ships where I suspect there is probably a lot of local knowledge out there somewhere, but not easy for a distant outsider the access. Originally constructed as a Strath Class minesweeper for the Royal Navy in 1919, the 204 tons gross trawler Thomas Currell was one of threeContinue reading “HMNZS Thomas Currell (T11) – HMNZS Thomas Currell, auxiliary minesweeper , RNZN 1939-1945, is this week’s RNZN Ship Of The Week.”