HMS New Zealand was one of three Indefatigable-class battlecruisers. Launched in 1911, the ship was funded by the government of New Zealand as a gift...
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launched in 1904, renamed HMS Zealandia in 1911 to free the name for the new battlecruiser, and sold in 1921. HMS New Zealand (1911) was an Indefatigable-class...
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New Zealand, a sailing ship chartered by the New Zealand Company in 1842 HMS New Zealand (1904), a British battleship later renamed Zealandia HMS New...
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World War II, the New Zealand Division operated a total of 14 ships, including the cruisers HMS Achilles (joined 31 March 1937) and HMS Leander, which replaced...
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purchased by the New Zealand colonial government for use in the New Zealand Wars in 1863. Wrecked on Kawarau Reef, New Plymouth, 1868. HMS Sandfly (1872)...
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HMS Chatham (1911) was a Town-class light cruiser launched in 1911. She was lent to the Royal New Zealand Navy in 1920 and was scrapped in 1926. HMS Chatham (F87)...
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Govan (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
(1910) HMS New Zealand (1911) HMAS Sydney (1912) RMS Empress of Russia (1913) RMS Empress of Asia (1913) SS Calgarian (1913) HMS Valiant (1914) HMS Renown...
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HMS New Zealand was a King Edward VII-class battleship of the Royal Navy. Like all ships of the class (apart from HMS King Edward VII) she was named after...
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In 1911, the name HMS Caledonia was proposed for the battleship HMS New Zealand (1904), which needed to be renamed to free the name New Zealand for use...
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South Island of New Zealand; it is located on the shore of Milford Sound. The mountain was named by Captain John Lort Stokes of HMS Acheron, who found...
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Bay, Lyttelton. HMS Defender (1911), an Acheron-class destroyer, launched in 1911, present at the Battle of Jutland and sold in 1921. HMS Defender (H07)...
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by New Zealanders, it operated 14 ships over a period of 21 years, including the cruisers HMS Achilles and HMS Leander, the training minesweeper HMS Wakakura...
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Fairfield Titan (category Buildings and structures completed in 1911)
Shipbuilding and Engineering Company yard in 1911, and was first used to install machinery in HMS New Zealand (1911). The Titan was last used six weeks before...
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HMS Chatham was a Town-class light cruiser built for the Royal Navy in the 1910s. She was the name ship of her sub-class of the Town class. The ship survived...
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The human history of New Zealand can be dated back to between 1320 and 1350 CE, when the main settlement period started, after it was discovered and settled...
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Connell Thode (category Use New Zealand English from October 2014)
Connell Percy Thode OBE (11 March 1911 – 9 October 2014) was a New Zealand naval officer and yachtsman. He served in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve...
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Zealandia, Saskatchewan, Canada HMS New Zealand (1904), a British Royal Navy battleship renamed HMS Zealandia in 1911 SS Zealandia (1875), an American...
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Richard Bowdler Sharpe in The Zoology of the Voyage of HMS Erebus & HMS Terror. Birds of New Zealand, 1875. The revised edition of Gray (1846) (1875). The...
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to List of years in New Zealand. 85 mya: Around this time New Zealand splits from the supercontinent Gondwana. 5 mya: New Zealand's climate cools as Australia...
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Pacific, and New Zealand between 1802 and 1815. HMS Ferret (1794) was a 4-gun gunboat. She was a Dutch hoy purchased in 1794 and sold in 1802. HMS Ferret (1799)...
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Grafton (section New Zealand)
Farrell Grafton Cinema, 1911–1973 Grafton Entertainment, a record label Grafton Group, an Ireland-based builders merchants business. HMS Grafton (1679), a 70-gun...
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Robert Atherton Edwin (category New Zealand military personnel)
July 1911) was a meteorologist and weather forecaster, who after a career in the Royal Navy was instrumental in the establishment of the New Zealand Meteorological...
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Pitcairn Islands (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
Thomas Staines, who commanded a Royal Navy flotilla of two ships, HMS Briton and HMS Tagus, which found the island at 25°04′S 130°25′W / 25.067°S 130...
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1911: New Zealand gives the battlecruiser, HMS New Zealand, to Britain. 1911: The number of white settlers (Pākehā) reaches one million 1913: New Zealand...
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ISBN 978-0-85177-130-4. Dodson, Aidan (2022). "Warship Gallery: The Scrapping of HMS Agincourt, New Zealand, Princess Royal at Rosyth, 1923—1925". In Jordan, John (ed.)....
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Agathis australis (redirect from New Zealand Kauri)
northern New Zealand occupied at least 12,000 square kilometres. The British Royal Navy sent four vessels, HMS Coromandel (1821), HMS Dromedary (1821), HMS Buffalo...
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Hamilton (Māori: Kirikiriroa) is an inland city in the North Island of New Zealand. Located on the banks of the Waikato River, it is the seat and most populous...
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HMS Beagle was a Cherokee-class 10-gun brig-sloop of the Royal Navy, one of more than 100 ships of this class. The vessel, constructed at a cost of £7...
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she was undergoing repairs following a collision with sister ship HMS New Zealand. Australia only ever fired in anger twice: at a German merchant vessel...
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HMS Hood (pennant number 51) was a battlecruiser of the Royal Navy (RN). Hood was the first of the planned four Admiral-class battlecruisers to be built...
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