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Royal New Zealand Navy




Part 1: NZ Government Ships - 1914 to 1921






This list displays those ships of the New Zealand Government 
utilised between 1914 and 1921.





Notes:
(i)	Dates shown follow the English precedent, ie. Day/Month/Year.






Battlecruiser
Cruiser
Other Vessels




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Battlecruiser


Indefatigable Class Battlecruiser

Displacement (tons):	18,800 Standard, 21,300 Full Load
Dimensions (feet):	590 x 80 x 30
Propulsion:		4 x Parsons Turbines, 43,000 hp, 4 shafts
Max. Speed (knots):	25
Armament:		8 x 12-inch, 16 x 4-inch, 4 x 3 pdr,
			5 x MG, 2 x 18-inch torpedo tubes
Aircraft:		Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter (1917-19) 
Complement:		820

No.	Name		Commissioned	Notes/Fate

--	HMS New Zealand	21/6/13		A gift from New Zealand to the
					Royal Navy.  Sister ship to
					HMS Indefatigable and 
					HMAS Australia. Sold for 
					scrap under the Washington 
					Treaty on 19/12/22.

Note: Built by Fairfield Shipbuilding, Glasgow, UK.  Lengthened version
of the earlier British Invincible class battlecruisers. She collided with
HMAS Australia on 22/4/16 and later participated in the Battle of Jutland.


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Cruiser


Pearl Class Training Cruiser

Displacement (tons):	2,575
Dimensions (feet):	278 x 41 x 16.10
Propulsion:		7,500 hp, 2 shafts
Max. Speed (knots):	19
Armament:		8 x 4.7-inch, 8 x 3pdr, 
			4 x MGs, 2 x 14-inch torpedo tubes
Complement:		222 (as built)

No.	Name		Commissioned	Notes/Fate

--	Philomel	15/7/14		A gift from the Admiralty.
					Minesweeper/Depot ship 1917.
					Training ship 1921. Transferred 
					to RNZN 1/10/41. Paid off 
					16/1/47. Sunk at sea 6/8/49.

Note: Built by Devonport, UK. and completed on 10/11/1891.


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Other Vessels


Goldfinch Class Composite Gunboat

Displacement (tons):	805
Dimensions (feet):	165 x 30 x 13.9
Propulsion:		1,200 hp, 1 shaft.
Max. Speed (knots):	13
Armament:		2 x 4-inch, 2 x 3 pdr.
Complement:		76 (RN)

No.	Name		Commissioned	Notes/Fate

--	Amokura		10/7/06 	Ex-HMS Sparrow.	
					Used as Boys Training Ship.
					Sold 1922. Broken up 1955.

Note: Built by Scott, UK., and completed on 13/5/1890.


Cable Ship

Displacement (tons):	811
Dimensions (feet):	205.6 x 33.7 x 15.9
Propulsion:		1,600 hp, 1 shaft.
Max. Speed (knots):	14
Armament:		6 x 4-inch, 4 x 3 pdr, 3 x MG
Complement:		?

No.	Name		Commissioned	Notes/Fate

--	Tutanekai 	?			Unknown.

Note: Built in 1896 in Port Glasgow.



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Part 2: The NZ Division, Royal Navy - 1921 to 1941 



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