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Naval officer Eric Krull describes D-Day
Eric Krull, the second officer on a Royal Navy Landing Craft, describes the scene on Gold Beach on D-Day.
A Navy Commanding Officer describes D-Day
Jack Ingham, the commanding officer on a Royal Navy Landing Craft, describes his journey across the English Channel on D-Day.
NZ Division of the Royal Navy
The First World War experience convinced Allen that New Zealand’s approach to naval defence had been on the right lines.
British naval operations around Crete, 20 May-1 June 1941
Map showing British naval operations around Crete, 20 May - 1 June 1941
Tauranga naval NZ Wars memorial
Naval Memorial, Mission (Old Military) Cemetery, Tauranga. Mission Cemetery – also known as Military, or Old Military, Cemetery – is the oldest European burial ground in the Bay of Plenty city of Tauranga. Located on Marsh Street (near the harbour bridge) at the northern end of Te Papa Peninsula, the cemetery is situated on a rocky promontory overlooking the harbour.
Rangiriri Naval NZ Wars memorial
This memorial records the names of the one officer and five seamen of the Royal Navy ships HMS Curacoa and HMS Harrier who died in the battle at Rangiriri
The New Zealand White Ensign
Ships and commissioned shore establishments of the Royal New Zealand Navy fly the New Zealand White Ensign.
After the battle - Battle of the River Plate
The aftermath of the battle and the return of HMS Achilles to New Zealand.
The battle - Battle of the River Plate
The British cruisers Achilles, Ajax and Exeter engage the German battleship Admiral Graf Spee in battle.
Into the South Atlantic - Battle of the River Plate
HMS Achilles joins the Royal Navy's South America Division patrolling the South Atlantic in search of German raiders.
The outbreak of war - Battle of the River Plate
The outbreak of the Second World War and New Zealand naval involvement in the Battle of the Atlantic.
New Zealand's naval forces - Battle of the River Plate
New Zealand's naval forces and strategy before the outbreak of the Second World War.
Battle of the River Plate
When HMS Achilles opened fire on the German ‘pocket battleship’ Admiral Graf Spee on 13 December 1939, it became the first NZ unit to engage the enemy in the Second World War. Over seventy years later, the Battle of the River Plate still holds a special place in this country's naval history.
HMS New Zealand begins tour of NZ
During its 10-week New Zealand tour, more than half a million people visited the battleship, which this country had gifted to the Royal Navy.
HMS New Zealand in Wellington
HMS New Zealand arrived in Wellington on 12 April 1913 as part of a ten-week tour during which an estimated 500,000 New Zealanders inspected their gift to Mother England. The crew was showered with many gifts, including a piu piu (flax skirt) and greenstone tiki (pendant) – intended to ward off evil – which were presented to the ship’s captain. Here large crowds gather during the ships visit to Lyttelton in 1913.
HMS New Zealand, 1913
HMS New Zealand ca. 1913. In 1909 Prime Minister Sir Joseph Ward reacted to the perceived German threat by announcing that New Zealand would fund the construction of a battlecruiser to be gifted to the Royal Navy. Construction of HMS New Zealand cost £1.7 million ($231 million in 2007).
The Battle of the Atlantic - the Merchant Navy
Although it was waged half a world away, few military campaigns were as vital to New Zealand's interests as the Battle of the Atlantic. A German victory, which would have severed this country's links with Britain, was one of the gravest threats New Zealand has ever faced.
Sound: Able Seaman remembers the Italian campaign
Able Seaman Joseph Pedersen, RNZN 2337, joined the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy in 1940. In 1942 he was posted to the destroyer, HMS Lookout on which he served in the Mediterranean and in the Allied invasion of Sicily in September 1943 as he describes here.
Description of carnage on Omaha Beach, D-Day
O'Brien Reeve travelled from New Zealand to England as a volunteer for the Royal Navy.
Military parade outside Parliament, 1940
Troops of the Second Echelon of 2NZEF and sailors of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve parade at Parliament, Wellington, on 27 April 1940, shortly before their departure.

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