HMS Achilles at Aotea Quay during the 1930s

HMS Achilles alongside Aotea Quay, Wellington, during the late 1930s. Launched in 1932, the cruiser joined the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy in 1936. Following the formal establishment of the Royal New Zealand Navy in October 1941, the ship became HMNZS Achilles.

Photograph by Sydney Charles Smith.