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By Laine Priestley Inshore patrol vessel HMNZS Taupō enters the Otago Harbour Basin yesterday. On board are junior officers undertaking training. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH The New Zealand Navy stopped in to Otago Harbour for a visit yesterday as part of a voyage around numerous ports in the country. A New Zealand Defence Force spokesman said inshoreContinue reading “RNZ Navy vessel arrives with cadets”

HMNZS Lachlan in Sydney HMNZS Lachlan as a survey ship in Tamatea / Dusky Sound, South Island HMAS Lachlan (K364/F364) (later HMNZS Lachlan (F364)) was a River-class frigate that served the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) from 1945 to 1949. The vessel was later transferred to the Royal New Zealand Navy serving as surveyor until 1975 and was eventually scrapped in 1993. Construction and design[edit] Lachlan was laid down by Mort’s Dock & Engineering Company, Sydney on 22 March 1943 and launched onContinue reading “HMNZS Lachlan”

HMAS Stawell (J348/M348) was a Bathurst-class corvette named for the town of Stawell, Victoria.[1] Sixty Bathurst-class corvettes were constructed during World War II, and Stawell was one of 36 initially manned and commissioned solely by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).[1] The corvette later served in the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) as HMNZS Stawell. Design and construction[edit] Main article: Bathurst-class corvette In 1938, the Australian Commonwealth Naval Board (ACNB) identified the need for a general purposeContinue reading “HMNZS Stawell (J348/M348)”

HMAS Echuca (J252/M252), named for the town of Echuca, Victoria, was one of 60 Bathurst-class corvettes constructed during World War II, and one of 36 initially manned and commissioned by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).[1] Design and construction[edit] Main article: Bathurst-class corvette In 1938, the Australian Commonwealth Naval Board (ACNB) identified the need for a general purpose ‘local defence vessel’ capable of both anti-submarine and mine-warfare duties,Continue reading “HMNZS Echuca (J252/M252)”

HMNZS Inverell HMAS Inverell, named for the town of Inverell, New South Wales, was one of 60 Bathurst-class corvettes constructed during World War II, and one of 36 initially manned and commissioned solely by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).[1] After World War II, the corvette was transferred to the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN), where she served from 1952 to 1976. Design and construction[edit] MainContinue reading “HMNZS Inverell (J233/M233)”