from JC’s New Zealand Navy and Military News – Past and Present https://ift.tt/3GHksyw via JCs Royal New Zealand Navy Ships and News https://ift.tt/3ETFd9E HMNZS Taranaki (F148) and HMNZS Canterbury (F421) Jackstay transfer between Taranaki and Canterbury14/12/2021
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She was built in Scotland and launched in 1970. Commissioned in 1971, Canterbury saw operational service in much of Australasia and other regions like the Persian Gulf. She undertook operations such as supporting UN sanctions against Iraq and peace-keeping in East Timor. With her sister ship HMNZS Waikato she relieved the Royal Navy frigate HMS Amazon in the Indian Ocean during the Falklands War. Early in HMNZS Canterbury’s career, in 1973, she relieved the frigate HMNZS Otago, as part of a unique, Anzac, naval operation or exercise at Moruroa during anti-nuclear protests, supported by a large RAN tanker, providing fuel and a large platform for Australian media. This was due to F 421 being a more modern RNZN frigate, with then current Rn surveillance radar and ESM and a more effectively insulated frigate from nuclear fallout, with the Improved Broad Beam Leander steam plant, for example, being remote controlled and capable of unmanned operation and therefore the ship provided a more effective sealed citadel for operations in areas of nuclear explosions. Canterbury was decommissioned in 2005. In 2007 she was scuttled in the Bay of Islands to provide a dive wreck. She lies in 38 metres (125 ft) of water. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMNZS_Canterbury_(F421) from JC’s New Zealand Navy and Military News – Past and Present https://ift.tt/3DNlmrh via JCs Royal New Zealand Navy Ships and News https://ift.tt/3GAsQ2E HMS Diomede (D92), a Danae class cruiser assigned to the New Zealand Division, in Nelson circa 1930. The post HMS Diomede (D92), a Danae class cruiser assigned to the New Zealand Division, in Nelson, NZ circa 1930. appeared first on JCs Royal New Zealand Navy . from JCs Royal New Zealand Navy https://ift.tt/3dYzqnz via JCs Royal New Zealand Navy Ships and News https://ift.tt/3ENdBmp The Achilles belongs to the Leander class, the first modern light cruiser class of the Royal Navy. She was fitted with New Zealand-made radars, her crew comprised of mostly New Zealanders. The post The 7000 ton light cruiser HMNZS Achilles at Malta. appeared first on JCs Royal New Zealand Navy . from JCs Royal New Zealand Navy https://ift.tt/3yhEcpi via JCs Royal New Zealand Navy Ships and News https://ift.tt/3DOcEZY |
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