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This is a list of current commissioned Royal New Zealand Navy ships. As of 2024, the Navy operates eight commissioned ships. As of 2024, the Navy operates eight commissioned ships. The affiliations are ceremonial only, with the navy operationally stationed at the Devonport Naval Base , Auckland .
Crew were among first to take part in 1947 Royal New Zealand Navy mutinies. Returned to Royal Navy HMNZS Breeze: T02 Converted merchant boat: Minesweeper: 1942 1944 HMNZS Canterbury: F421 Leander class: Frigate: 1971 2005 Broad beam Leander. Scuttled as a dive wreck November 2007 HMNZS Canterbury: L421 Multi-role vessel: 2007 current HMNZS ...
2021-current: HMNZS Canterbury: Logistics support ship 2007-current: Multi-role vessel HMNZS Charles Upham: Logistics support ship 1995-1998 HMNZS Endeavour: Antarctic support ship 1956-1962 HMNZS Endeavour: Fleet tanker 1988-2017 HMNZS Endeavour: Antarctic support ship 1962-1971 Leased from the US HS Maunganui: Hospital ship: 1941-1946
HMNZS Canterbury is a multi-role vessel (MRV) of the Royal New Zealand Navy. She was commissioned in June 2007, and is the second ship of the Royal New Zealand Navy to carry the name. She is also New Zealand's first purpose-built strategic sealift ship. [5]
The first ship given by the British government for the New Zealand Naval Forces was the cruiser HMS Philomel, which escorted New Zealand land forces to occupy the German colony of Samoa in 1914. Philomel saw further action under the command of the Royal Navy in the Mediterranean, the Red Sea , and the Persian Gulf .
WELLINGTON (Reuters) -A Royal New Zealand Navy vessel ran aground and sank off Samoa but all 75 crew and passengers on board were safe, the New Zealand Defence Force said in a statement on Sunday.
The MEST is based at Devonport Naval Base and is a blended workforce of Navy personnel in the Defence Logistics Command (Maritime) and Babcock New Zealand employees. Babcock New Zealand is the Strategic Maritime Partner for the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF). The base also has a modern converter system to supply the substantial power even a ...
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