Monthly Archives: December 2018

HMS Maori (F24) For other ships with the same name, see HMS Maori. HMS Maori (F24).jpg HMS Maori underway History United Kingdom Name: HMS Maori Namesake: Māori people Ordered: 10 March 1936 Builder: Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan Cost: £340,622 Laid down: 6 July 1936 Launched: 2 September 1937 Completed: 30 November 1938 Commissioned:Continue reading “HMS Maori”

HMS PHILOMEL 1890-1947 New Zealand’s first warship, HMS Philomel formed the core of the country’s naval forces during the First World War. The aged and largely obsolete vessel was commissioned in New Zealand in July 1914 and went on to serve in the Pacific, Mediterranean and Middle East. In the interwar period Philomel cemented itsContinue reading “HMS Philomel”