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awa355
9th June 2013, 12:59
A short 11min film about the H.M.S.N.Z. Endeavour in 1958/9 taking the NZ party for the British Trans Antarctic expedition to the Antarctic. A nice piece of NZ Navy history.

http://www.ziln.co.nz/video/5932


Also a link to the flying boats during the war years.

http://www.ziln.co.nz/video/3234
unstuck
9th June 2013, 18:34
The real NZ navy. :whistle:

http://boxscorenews.com/clients/boxscorenews/2-5-2011-10-43-51-PM-1728418.jpg
Oscar
9th June 2013, 18:37
I've met a few guys who served on the Achilles.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMNZS_Achilles_%2870%29

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/28/HMNZS_Achilles_SLV_AllanGreen.jpg
Oscar
9th June 2013, 19:03
Ain't the internet great?

While I was looking up HMNZS Achilles, I see she ended up in the Indian Navy.
This led to some link following, and these interesting factoids:


The Achilles wasn't retired until 1969.
The Indian Navy has an Akula Class Sub (as featured on "The Hunt for Red October").
The Indians fought a war with Portugal (over Goa) in 1961.


I love stuff like dat...
nudemetalz
10th June 2013, 07:45
I see she's got a Supermarine Walrus up there too,..the recon seaplane.
awa355
10th June 2013, 12:55
Somehow. the new generation of surface warships just don't look the 'real deal' without the multi barrelled turrents fwd and aft. Those triple 12-16" barrells on the old ships make them look like fighting ships.

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The Bismark,

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davereid
10th June 2013, 14:33
Ain't the internet great?

While I was looking up HMNZS Achilles, I see she ended up in the Indian Navy.
This led to some link following, and these interesting factoids:


The Achilles wasn't retired until 1969.
The Indian Navy has an Akula Class Sub (as featured on "The Hunt for Red October").
The Indians fought a war with Portugal (over Goa) in 1961.


I love stuff like dat...

Yep, and it was neat to see that she was the first ship in the Royal Navy to have Fire-control radar, and it was NZ made.

Mind you, we can't even build a decent washing machine these days.
awa355
10th June 2013, 14:37
I have never heard of any fighting ships made in NZ. Interesting. Oops were you talking about the fire control system as being NZ built?