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THE LIFE STORY OF MOTUNUI – (WAITANIC) – EX R.N.Z.N. WWII FAIRMILE Q406 –

Some more information Based on data & some images, from Daniel Michael’s input, on Facebook, with modifications & additions by Ken Ricketts. Other images ex Ken R. & Google – KEN R Q406, is the last Fairmile (to D.M’s. knowledge) left in NZ. She was used during WW2, as a N.Z. coastal patrol boat, &Continue reading “THE LIFE STORY OF MOTUNUI – (WAITANIC) – EX R.N.Z.N. WWII FAIRMILE Q406 –”

HMNZS Fairmile Q406 Later renamed RODNEY FARRY, NEW VENTURE and MOTONUI.

HMNZS Fairmile Q406 HMNZS Fairmile Q406 at sea off Russell Island, Solomon’s 1944. Fairmile Q406 awaiting disposal. Q406 was later renamed RODNEY FARRY, NEW VENTURE and MOTONUI. There are two groups of six men standing on the wharf, with one man in each group in naval uniform. A larger ship is partly visible moored aroundContinue reading “HMNZS Fairmile Q406 Later renamed RODNEY FARRY, NEW VENTURE and MOTONUI.”

HMNZS Taranaki (F148) was a modified Rothesay-class frigate in service with the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) from 1960 to 1982.

HMNZS Taranaki at Sydney 28 October 1966 after Exercise Sword Hilt. All the small ships went up under the bridge and around Cockatoo Island while the carriers berthed. HMNZS Taranaki alongside in Pusan, Korea HMNZS Taranaki HMNZ Taranaki at a buoy HMNZS Taranaki – being cut up and scrapped Along with her sister ship Otago, the pairContinue reading “HMNZS Taranaki (F148) was a modified Rothesay-class frigate in service with the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) from 1960 to 1982.”

HMNZS Otago (F111) was a Rothesay-class (Type 12M) frigate acquired from the United Kingdom by the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) before completion.

HMNZS Otago – Cook Strait – Exercise Shopwindow 1962 HMNZS Otago returns from another overseas deployment HMNZS Otago HMNZS Otago after 1975 refit HMNZS Otagao HMNZS Otago HMNZS Otago at the end of the road – Paying Off Penant Flying HMNZS Otago being cut up – travelled many miles in her Otago and Taranaki were the only two Otago-classContinue reading “HMNZS Otago (F111) was a Rothesay-class (Type 12M) frigate acquired from the United Kingdom by the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) before completion.”