HMNZS South Sea (T22/T08) 1941–1942 Previously HMT Ferriby of the Royal Navy, launched as a civilian trawler in 1913. Sunk 19 December 1942 in collision with inter-island ferry Wahine in Wellington Harbour HMNZS South Sea – gunnery practice via WordPress https://ift.tt/xvkHg6r
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Thomas Currell (AK1438, AK1, T11, AK3, WN10, WN122) Strath-class trawler
HMNZS Thomas Currell, auxiliary minesweeper , RNZN 1939-1945 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 asContinue reading “Thomas Currell (AK1438, AK1, T11, AK3, WN10, WN122) Strath-class trawler”
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.
HMS Puriri Memorial Ocean Beach, Whangarei Heads, New Zealandhttps://ift.tt/TRXcwBP Survivors of Puriri.The Gale which was a mile and a half or more ahead of us came back and lowered a boat and picked us up. One of the Cruisers (Achilles)was returning to base and she sent over a boat. They transferred most of our peopleContinue 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 Muritai (T05)
HMNZS Muritai HMNZS Muritai (T05) and HMNZS Aroha (T24) HMNZS Muritai Minesweeper Converted merchant boat 1940-1946 Training and cable-lifting shipHMNZS Muritai, auxiliary minesweeper and anti-submarine patrol vessel, is the RNZN Ship Of The Week.The 462 ton Muritai was a Wellington harbour ferry built for Eastbourne Borough Council in 1922-23, and from a brief scan ofContinue reading “HMNZS Muritai (T05)”
HMNZS Matai (T01/T372) was a Marine Department lighthouse tender which was requisitioned by the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) and converted into a minesweeper.
HMNZS Matai – Mine sweeper – later functioned as transport ship 1945–1946 Operational history[edit] Matai was the government’s lighthouse tender servicing the marine lights around New Zealand and offshore islands, and had been used for cable laying in the 1930s. She was named after the native mataī tree. MATAI pre WWII She was requisitioned on 3 March 1941 and handedContinue reading “HMNZS Matai (T01/T372) was a Marine Department lighthouse tender which was requisitioned by the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) and converted into a minesweeper.”
