NZ Navy history

[awa355]

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]

The real NZ navy.

[Oscar]

I've met a few guys who served on the Achilles.

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

[Oscar]

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]

I see she's got a Supermarine Walrus up there too,..the recon seaplane.

[awa355]

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.



The Bismark,

[davereid]

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]

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?