Pukaki was launched in Whangarei Harbour on 6 May 2008. Its primary duties included border and fisheries protection patrols, surveillance, boarding operations and search and rescue response. Pukaki was the third ship of this name to serve in the Royal New Zealand Navy and is named after Lake Pukaki. Pukaki was decommissioned at Devonport Naval Base on 17 October 2019. RegulatoryContinue reading “HMNZS Pukaki is a Lake-class inshore patrol vessel inshore patrol boat of the Royal New Zealand Navy.”
Monthly Archives: May 2024
HMS St Albans rededicated to the Royal Navy’s fleet after major five-year revamp
HMS St Albans has been formally rededicated after spending five years away from operations. The Type 23 Duke-class frigate began an intense refit in 2019 following 20 years of continual service across the globe. But she has now made her return to the fleet, with a ceremony and celebration taking place in Portsmouth. * Excitement for HMS St Albans’Continue reading “HMS St Albans rededicated to the Royal Navy’s fleet after major five-year revamp”
Royal Navy’s most powerful hunter-killer sub one step closer to frontline deployment
Alex Candlin 21st May 2024 at 4:18pm The Royal Navy’s newest and most advanced hunter-killer submarine is moving closer to frontline deployment following intensive tests in the Atlantic. HMS Anson, the fifth Astute-class vessel, conducted trials off the east coast of the United States and in the Caribbean Sea, rigorously testing her state-of-the-art systems andContinue reading “Royal Navy’s most powerful hunter-killer sub one step closer to frontline deployment”
RNZ Navy vessel arrives with cadets
By Laine Priestley Inshore patrol vessel HMNZS Taupō enters the Otago Harbour Basin yesterday. On board are junior officers undertaking training. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH The New Zealand Navy stopped in to Otago Harbour for a visit yesterday as part of a voyage around numerous ports in the country. A New Zealand Defence Force spokesman said inshoreContinue reading “RNZ Navy vessel arrives with cadets”
HMNZS Achilles was a Leander-class light cruiser, the second of five in the class. She served in the Royal New Zealand Navy in the Second World War.
Allan C. Green – State Library of Victoria – Allan C. Green collection of glass negatives. lHMS Achilles and HMS Leander 1938 HMS Philomel alongside training jetty Achilles crew members returning aboard at Rio de Janeiro HMS Achilles, USS Louisville, Melb Feb. 1930’s The 7000 ton light cruiser HMNZS Achilles at Malta. The Achilles belongsContinue reading “HMNZS Achilles was a Leander-class light cruiser, the second of five in the class. She served in the Royal New Zealand Navy in the Second World War.”
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