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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 .
The Union Steam Ship Company, part of the P & O group, took her on in 1930 as their second SS Monowai and she ran a subsidized service from Wellington to Vancouver via several Pacific stops. From 24 November 1932 she ran mostly from Wellington to Sydney .
In 1921 she was transferred to Auckland for use as a training ship. [2] The New Zealand Naval Forces passed to the control of Commander-in-Chief, China, after the Royal Navy forces in Australia came under Canberra's control in 1911. From 1921 to 1941 the force was known as the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy. [3]
The name HMNZS Monowai may apply to the following ships of the Royal New Zealand Navy: HMNZS Monowai (F59) , an armed merchant cruiser commissioned 1940–1943 HMNZS Monowai (A06) , a hydrographic survey vessel commissioned 1977–1997
Loaned by RN to New Zealand 1966 – 1971. Returned to RN. Sold for breaking up in 1978 HMNZS Black Prince: C81 Dido class: Light cruiser 1946 1961 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 ...
Australia, New Zealand, part of Indonesia and even part of the United States are included in the continent of Oceania, broadly defined. There are no known museum ships in the Oceania part of Indonesia. See List of museum ships in the United States subsection of this "List of museum ships" for the few in Hawaii.
The first Royal New Zealand Navy museum was established in 1974 and was housed in a single room within HMNZS Philomel. It moved to a separate building in 1982. In 2010 it moved to new, larger facilities at Torpedo Bay, becoming the Torpedo Bay Navy Museum.
In 1958, her hulk was offered to the Royal New Zealand Air Force as a target ship. [9] [6] Rimu was to be hit with depth charges, machine-gunned, and rockets from four de Havilland Vampire jet fighters. [6] Rimu was machine-gunned and was struck by dropped depth charges which broke the ship in half, sinking her instantly. [9]