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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 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.
The Royal New Zealand Navy follows the British tradition of commissioning land naval bases as though they were ships. The administrative structures that work for a ship work just as well for a land establishment. The commander of a ship can become the commander of a land establishment, and be entirely comfortable with the way the place is run.
In 1996, Canterbury was one of the ships tasked with enforcing the embargo against Iraq in Operation Delphic (under US Navy Control). She also was the first New Zealand Navy ship to visit China (in 1987), and has participated in a number of humanitarian and peace-keeping missions, for example to Samoa, Fiji or New Guinea. [6]
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 Kiwi (T102) was a Bird class minesweeper of the Royal New Zealand Navy. She was commissioned in 1941 for minesweeping and anti-submarine roles. From 1948 to 1956 she functioned as a training ship. On 29 January 1943, with her sister ship Moa, Kiwi rammed and wrecked [1] the Japanese submarine I-1.
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]