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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 .
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
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 ...
HMNZS Aotearoa (Māori: [aɔˈtɛaɾɔa]), [a] formerly the Maritime Sustainment Capability project, is an auxiliary ship of the Royal New Zealand Navy.Builder Hyundai Heavy Industries delivered the ship to the Navy in June 2020, [6] and she was commissioned into service on 29 July 2020.
New Zealand’s Navy lost its first ship since World War II after the HMNZS Manawanui sank on a reef off the coast of Samoa on Sunday creating a potential environmental disaster in waters used for ...
A $63M Royal New Zealand Navy ship that capsized off Samoa was left on autopilot, investigation finds. Thibault Spirlet. November 29, 2024 at 7:42 AM ... In Other News. Entertainment. Entertainment.
HMNZS Otago (P148) is a Protector-class offshore patrol vessel in service with the Royal New Zealand Navy. [4] The development of the OPV design based on an Irish Naval Service OPV class was very contentious, with the RNZN arguing for the need for a limited combat suite for effective training and patrol work with a 57 mm–76 mm light frigate gun and associated fire control, radar and ...
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.