The 1965 Breakdown Incident. On November 1, 1965, while returning home to New Zealand from a deployment in the Far East, the cruiser suffered a catastrophic total engine failure in the Coral Sea, south of Guadalcanal.The Cause: Severe salt-water contamination entered the ship’s condenser feed-water—a condition colloquially known by the crew as “condenseritis”. This heavilyContinue reading “HMNZS Royalist under tow, taken from an RNZAF Sunderland flying boat during a dramatic mid-ocean rescue in November 1965”
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