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Auckland, The Royal New Zealand Navy – 75 Anniversary. From our archive.

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Last year, at October 2016 marked the 75th Anniversary of the foundation of New Zealand Navy.

On 1 October 1941, His Majesty King George VI approved the designation “Royal New Zealand Navy” for the regular element of the New Zealand Naval Forces (with Reserve and Volunteer Reserve elements appropriately titled.)

So the date is being celebrated with a programme of commemorative events and activities – collectively named Operation NEPTUNE.
Ships from Australia, Canada, Cook Islands, Chile, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Samoa, Singapore, South Korea, Tonga, and the United States arrived to Auckland helping the Navy to celebrate its milestone.

Vessels have been berth either at Ports of Auckland (Captain Cook Wharf, Queens Wharf, Princess Wharf, Wynyard Wharf) and Devonport Naval Base.

The New Zealand Navy featured HMNZS CANTERBURY, OTAGO, WELLINGTON, TE KAHA, TE MANA, ENDEAVOUR, and MANAWANUI, as well as two inshore patrol vessels, a P-3K2 Orion and two Seasprite helicopters. The full list of vessels includes:
CNS Yang Cheng (China), USS Sampson (US), HMNZS Te Mana, Bark Esmeralda (Chile), ROKS Chungbuk (Republic of Korea), HMNZS Manawanui, INS Sumitra (India), RSS Resolution (Singapore), HMAS Darwin (Australia), HMNZS Otago, HMNZS Hawea, HMNZS Te Kaha, HMNZS Endeavour, HMNZS Taupo, HMAS Dechaineux (Australia), JDS Takanami (Japan), HMCS Vancouver (Canada), KRI Banda Aceh (Indonesia), CIPPB Te Kukupa (Cook Islands), VOEA Pangai (Tonga), SPB Nafanua (Samoa).

At the Open Day military ships friends and allies were open to the public to have a walk around certain parts of the vessel.

It was a beautiful sunny day for Aucklanders to enjoy the event. So see below photos from SoftFern archiveThe Royal New Zealand Navy – 75 events.

Esmeralda - tall ship raising sails and leaving Auckland.

JS Takanami (DD-110)

Crew from KRI Banda Aceh - Landing Platform Docks of the Indonesian Navy.

Auckland port. Cargo container ships.

Esmeralda - steel-hulled four-masted barquentine tall ship raising sails.

Cruise liner at Princess Wharf.

HMNZS Taupo is a Protector-class inshore patrol boat of the Royal New Zealand Navy. The ships are designed for maritime surveillance and patrol missions around New Zealand’s 15,000-kilometre coast and out to the 200 nautical mile limit of our Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).

Front view of Esmeralda - steel-hulled four-masted barquentine tall ship of the Chilean Navy.

CNS Yang Cheng - is frigate is a class of Chinese multi-role frigates, the first of which entered service with the People's Liberation Army Navy Surface Force in 2007. 4,053 tonnes and 134 m length.