Royal New Zealand Navy Class B Fairmiles Q 409 (left) and Q 404 (right) later named “Wailana”. with HMNZS Killegray (T174), an Isles-class trawler/minesweeper commissioned in 1941). the background at Devonport Naval Base. Q 409 was recommissioned in 1953 as HMNZS Māori (P3570) and in 1963 she became the Auckland-Waiheke ferry ‘Iris Moana’.
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History of HMNZS Tarapunga (Q1187)(PP3566) as far as I can find out.
8 x depth charges ASDIC Complement: 10 officers and ratings Builder: Everett Marine Ways Inc near Seattle, Washington, United States – ordered 21 February 1942, completed January 1943 Key Dates: Commissioned 13 May 1943 as Q1187 [Tarapunga] Paid off 19 September 1945 [Tarapunga] sold privately but returned in 1950 to the RNZN Pennant No.: Q1187 as SDML Renamed: Tarapunga as Mako 1980Continue reading “History of HMNZS Tarapunga (Q1187)(PP3566) as far as I can find out.”
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