Royal New Zealand Navy – New boats strengthens navy’s capability

The Royal New Zealand Navy’s new Littoral Manoeuvre Craft being put through its paces around Waitematā Harbour. The Royal New Zealand Navy has added new high-speed craft to its fleet which will allow it to deliver divers, troops and mine counter measures on military operations around coastal waters. The three 12.5 metre Littoral Manoeuvre CraftContinue reading “Royal New Zealand Navy – New boats strengthens navy’s capability”

HMNZS Pukaki was a Lake-class inshore patrol vessel of the Royal New Zealand Navy. Pukaki commissioned in 1975, deleted in 1991 and sold as a private launch.

The class was intended to comprise 6 vessels to replace the wartime harbour protection boats and old converted minesweepers HMNZS Kiama and Inverell used for fishery protection in the 1960s and early 1970s. The Lake class were politically justified as a means of enhancing New Zealand’s capability for patrolling the 200-nautical-mile (370 km) exclusive economicContinue reading “HMNZS Pukaki was a Lake-class inshore patrol vessel of the Royal New Zealand Navy. Pukaki commissioned in 1975, deleted in 1991 and sold as a private launch.”

HMNZS Breeze – Hauraki Gulf

HMNZS Breeze – Hauraki Gulf

HMNZS Endeavour in Lyttelton

HMNZS Endeavour inLyttelton

Stuff.co.nz: HMNZS Te Kaha joins UK Carrier Strike Group in South China Sea

Stuff.co.nz: HMNZS Te Kaha joins UK Carrier Strike Group in South China Sea. https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300423965/hmnzs-te-kaha-joins-uk-carrier-strike-group-in-south-china-sea