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HMNZS Blackpool Service history[edit] Blackpool was leader of the 6th Frigate Squadron between 1958 and 1960 and was commanded by Edward Ashmore.[1] Between 1962 and 1964 she was part of the 25th Escort squadron consisting of HMS Rothesay (Capt Place VC) (Capt D), HMS Cavendish, HMS Brighton, HMS Blackpool and HMS Llandaff (Canteen boat). Twelve months east of Suez, sixContinue reading “HMS/HMNZS Blackpool was a Whitby-class or Type 12 anti-submarine frigate of the Royal Navy/Royal New Zealand Navy.”

HMNZS Wellington (P55) History The ship was built by Tenix as part of the New Zealand government’s Royal New Zealand Navy plans,[2] and was originally expected to enter service during the winter of 2008. However, in late 2008, it became known that the vessel was considered “non-compliant”, and did not fulfill a number of specifications, such as being 100Continue reading “HMNZS Wellington (P55) is a Protector-class offshore patrol vessel in the Royal New Zealand Navy.”

HMNZS Wakakura (P3555) Service Wakakura was attached to the Wellington division of the Naval Volunteer Reserve from her commissioning until 2005, when she returned to the fleet base in Auckland. RNZNVR Wakakura Wakakura, in company with Kiwi, carried out farewell manoeuvres on 29 November 2007, flying a paying-off pennant, in Waitemata Harbour prior to decommissioning on 11 December 2007.[1] Wakakura wasContinue reading “HMNZS Wakakura (P3555) was a Moa-class inshore patrol vessel of the Royal New Zealand Navy. It was commissioned in March 1985 for the Naval Volunteer Reserve.”

H It was commissioned in 1983 for the Naval Volunteer Reserve and decommissioned in 2007. Moa was the second ship of this name to serve in the Royal New Zealand Navy and was named after the Moa bird from New Zealand. After she was decommissioned in January 2007, she was sold on in March to a Picton builder who renamed the vessel Flightless. OnContinue reading “HMNZS Moa (P3553) was a Moa-class inshore patrol vessel of the Royal New Zealand Navy.”

HMNZS Kiwi (P3554) was a Moa-class inshore patrol vessel HIt was commissioned in 1983 for the Naval Volunteer Reserve. Kiwi had been attached to the Christchurch division of the Naval Volunteer Reserve from her commissioning until relocating to Auckland in 2006. Kiwi, in company with Wakakura, carried out farewell manoeuvres on 29 November 2007, flying a paying-off pennant, in Waitemata HarbourContinue reading “HMNZS Kiwi (P3554) was a Moa-class inshore patrol vessel of the Royal New Zealand Navy.”