Monthly Archives: May 2024

HMNZS Hautapu in Timaru

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Last remaining Blackburn Beverley saved from scrapheap and given new home

30th May 2024 at 11:32am Blackburn Beverley XB259 ‘Big Bev’ is being transported to her new home in pieces (Picture: Solway Aviation Museum) The last remaining Blackburn Beverley in the world has been saved from the scrapheap and is being transferred to her new home in Cumbria. RAF transport aircraft XB259, affectionately known as BigContinue reading “Last remaining Blackburn Beverley saved from scrapheap and given new home”

HMNZS Otago (F111) was a Rothesay-class (Type 12M) frigate acquired from the United Kingdom by the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) before completion.

HMNZS Otago – Cook Strait – Exercise Shopwindow 1962 HMNZS Otago returns from another overseas deployment HMNZS Otago HMNZS Otago after 1975 refit HMNZS Otagao HMNZS Otago HMNZS Otago at the end of the road – Paying Off Penant Flying HMNZS Otago being cut up – travelled many miles in her Otago and Taranaki were the only two Otago-classContinue reading “HMNZS Otago (F111) was a Rothesay-class (Type 12M) frigate acquired from the United Kingdom by the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) before completion.”

HMNZS Taupo (P3570) was a Lake-class patrol vessel of the Royal New Zealand Navy. Taupo was commissioned in 1975 and decommissioned in 1991, serving for 16 years.

HMNZS Taupo Taupo was one of three ships of this name to serve in the Royal New Zealand Navy and is named after Lake Taupo. HMNZS Taupo – Tutukaka HMNZS Taupo chases the Kin Nan fishing ship through Taranaki waters. Design[edit] In the early 1970s the Royal New Zealand Navy sought a replacement for its ageing SMDL patrol craft, which datedContinue reading “HMNZS Taupo (P3570) was a Lake-class patrol vessel of the Royal New Zealand Navy. Taupo was commissioned in 1975 and decommissioned in 1991, serving for 16 years.”

HMNZS Rotoiti (P3569) was a Lake-class patrol vessel of the Royal New Zealand Navy. It was commissioned in 1975 and deleted in 1991.

HMNZS Rotoiti Rotoiti was one of three ships of this name to serve in the Royal New Zealand Navy and is named after either Lake Rotoiti in North Island, or Lake Rototi in South Island (or perhaps both). HMNZS Rotoiti was a Lake-class patrol vessel of the Royal New Zealand Navy. It was commissioned in 1975 and deleted in 1991.Continue reading “HMNZS Rotoiti (P3569) was a Lake-class patrol vessel of the Royal New Zealand Navy. It was commissioned in 1975 and deleted in 1991.”