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I-1 ' s gun on display at the Torpedo Bay Navy Museum. Seventy-one years after her sinking, Moa ' s name plate was recovered by divers and is being restored for eventual display at the Torpedo Bay Navy Museum in Auckland, New Zealand. [4] The Torpedo Bay Naval Museum already has on display the main deck gun recovered from the wreck of the I-1.
Paeroa, Waikato, New Zealand: United States: 1943 Harbour Defense Motor Launch: Sold December 2007 to a private owner. Now on a trailer at Kopu, Waikato, New Zealand in poor condition. HMNZS Manawanui: Paeroa, Waikato, New Zealand: New Zealand 1945 Tugboat: Scrapped at an unknown date Rapaki [104] Auckland, New Zealand: United Kingdom 1925 ...
HMNZS Monowai (A06) was a hydrographic survey vessel of the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN). Built in 1960, the ship was originally used as a civilian supply and passenger vessel by the New Zealand Government, under the name GMV Moana Roa, before being acquired by the RNZN in 1974. She was commissioned into the RNZN in 1975 for the voyage to ...
Hinau was the first of four composite minesweepers constructed for the Royal New Zealand Navy and was commissioned on 23 July 1942. The others were Manuka , Rimu and Tawhai . She served in the LL Group (later renamed to the 194th Auxiliary minesweeping division) [ 7 ] which was located at Auckland . but would occasionally visit Wellington and ...
Waima was the eighth of the nine steel minesweepers constructed for the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) and was commissioned on 28 March 1944. the others being Aroha, Awatere, Hautapu, Maimai, Pahau, Waiho, Waipu, and Waikato (never commissioned). She served with the 96th Auxiliary Minesweeping Group, located at Lyttelton. [2]
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 ...