Golden Oldies of EnZed [Archive] - World Naval Ships Forums

kookaburra

12-06-2009, 05:16

New Zealand's rich maritime heritage throws up some wonderful images, and I thought it would be good to create a venue here to show some of them occasionally.

I think the second 'sail' image of the Garthsnaid in the 1920s may be well-known - I see it offered as a days of sail poster in various places, but it comes from the National Library of New Zealand's public photostream here.

The third dramatic coastal landscape pic of HMS New Zealand was offered by Terry, and I'll message him to delete it as a duplication from the personal chat item on 'Shore Leave' where he kindly sent it to me. This seems a good place for it.

And lastly, a somewhat more recent, perhaps not quite a real 'oldie' - HMS Indefatigible in Queen Charlotte Sound in 1945.

Anyway, this is meant to be a 'seed' post, and I hope we'll find many others.

astraltrader

12-06-2009, 13:59

Thanks Jeff - I will see if I can find some other postcards to add to this thread.

kookaburra

28-06-2009, 13:07

An oldie: care and maintenance at HMNZS Philomel, the Devonport Naval Base and dockyard in Auckland. The grass grows something fierce over there in EnZed I hear.

kookaburra

22-07-2009, 11:17

Always a sad, but somehow intriguing sight: the Isles Class trawler and auxiliary minesweeper, HMNZS Sanda, RNZN 1941-46, lies in a breakers yard awaiting her fate. Taken about 1970. Of 740 tons full load, in her naval heydey she had a complement of 40, and was armed with a single 12 pounder, three Oerlikons and DCs.

Looks like another one astern of her.

kookaburra

31-07-2009, 01:27

A photograph of the paddle-steamer NZ colonial gunboat Rangariri [to right of picture] at a place called Ngaruawaha in 1863, during the Maori Wars.
I wish I could tell you some more about this photo with its frontier feeling, but I cannot.

BAROONA

07-12-2009, 10:53

Always a sad, but somehow intriguing sight: the Isles Class trawler and auxiliary minesweeper, HMNZS Sanda, RNZN 1941-46, lies in a breakers yard awaiting her fate. Taken about 1970. Of 740 tons full load, in her naval heydey she had a complement of 40, and was armed with a single 12 pounder, three Oerlikons and DCs.

Looks like another one astern of her.

its more like late 1950s, early 1960s

Woodbutcher

26-12-2009, 08:52

Re Kookaburra's earlier photo,
Grass maintaintenance at HMNZS Philomel should be headed:-
" NZ Prime Minister, Don Key, assisting Naval Rating preparing Navy sport field, prior to Base Main Gate construction"