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This is a list of current commissioned Royal New Zealand Navy ships. As of 2025, the Navy operates eight commissioned ships. As of 2025, the Navy operates eight commissioned ships. The affiliations are ceremonial only, with the navy operationally stationed at the Devonport Naval Base , Auckland .
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 .
The MRV was accepted by the New Zealand Government on 31 May 2007 and commissioned on 12 June 2007 in Port Melbourne, Australia by the Prime Minister of New Zealand, Helen Clark. [8] The ship cost NZ$130 million to construct. [9] She was constructed with an ice-strengthened hull to allow her to operate in the subantarctic waters, where New ...
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 Converted from a civilian vessel
Ships transferred from the United States Navy to the Royal New Zealand Navy (1 C, 4 P) Pages in category "Ships of the Royal New Zealand Navy" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
Current events; Random article; ... World War II naval ships of New Zealand (4 C) * Ships of the Royal New Zealand Navy (9 C, 4 P) A.
His or Her Majesty's New Zealand Ship (HMNZS) is the ship prefix used to identify warships and shore facilities commissioned into the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN). It derives from "His Majesty's Ship" (HMS) used in the United Kingdom. The British monarch is also equally and separately the New Zealand head of state. Should the monarch be female ...
HMNZS Manawanui (A09) was commissioned in 1988 as a diving support vessel for the Royal New Zealand Navy. Originally she was built as a diving support vessel, the Star Perseus, for North Sea oil rig operations. Manawanui is the third ship with this name to serve in the New Zealand Navy.