HMNZS Achilles was a Leander-class light cruiser, the second of five in the class. She served in the Royal New Zealand Navy in the Second World War. She...

cruiser of that name served in the Royal Navy during the First World War. HMNZS Achilles was a Leander-class cruiser which served with the Royal New Zealand...

between St Heliers and Tamaki River estuary. Achilles Point is named after a ship called HMNZS Achilles (70) which defeated the German pocket battleship...

1918. HMS Achilles (70) was a Leander-class light cruiser launched in 1932. She was transferred to the Royal New Zealand Navy as HMNZS Achilles in 1941...

repairs for two years. Achilles, later HMIS/INS Delhi. Achilles was the second vessel loaned to New Zealand, commissioned as HMNZS Achilles in September 1941...

Name Type Class Dates Notes HMNZS Achilles (70) Cruiser Leander class 1941–1946 in the New Zealand Division 1936–1941 HMNZS Leander Cruiser Leander class...

King George VI on 1 October 1941, and ships thereafter were prefixed with HMNZS (His/Her Majesty's New Zealand Ship). Dennis 2008, p. 54. "Australian Naval...

navies of Chile, Ecuador, New Zealand (Bacchante becoming HMNZS Wellington and Dido becoming HMNZS Southland), India and Pakistan. Starting in 1986, the six...

embarked on board the frigates HMNZS Canterbury, HMNZS Southland, HMNZS Waikato, HMNZS Wellington, and the survey ship HMNZS Monowai. Eight original ordered...

accompanied by the American destroyer O'Brien and the New Zealand ship HMNZS Achilles. The soldiers were mainly from the 8th Marine Defense Battalion. Wallis...

Canadian Ship"; applied to Royal Canadian Navy and Canadian Forces vessels HMNZS – "His/Her Majesty's New Zealand Ship"; applied to Royal New Zealand Navy...

mythological names from the Royal Navy: it operated HMNZS Achilles and maintains the base HMNZS Philomel. The Canadair CP-107 Argus of the Royal Canadian...

room, and two propeller shafts broken; the New Zealand light cruiser HMNZS Achilles - already famous for her part in the 1939 Battle of the River Plate...

Minotaur class: HMS Swiftsure (12 x 6 in. main battery) 1 Leander class: HMNZS Achilles (6 x 6 in. main battery) 3 Dido class: HMS Argonaut (8 x 5.25 in. main...

and Fraternal Societies: Their Badges and Regalia. Osprey Publishing. pp. 70–. ISBN 978-0-7478-0628-8. Retrieved 23 November 2012. RAOB GLE World Lodge...

Three days later, the ANZAC command cruiser force— USS Chicago, HMNZS Leander, HMNZS Achilles, and HMAS Australia, screened by Lamson and USS Perkins—pulled...

Newfoundland, the Canadian cruiser HMCS Uganda and the New Zealand cruiser HMNZS Achilles. The 24th Destroyer Flotilla was made up of Troubridge, Teazer, Tenacious...

Court Derwent Place Diomede Glade 1997 DCL Land NZ Ltd WWII NZ Navy ships, HMNZS Diomede was a cruiser that was retired in 1943 Discovery Drive Drower Glen...

lost in the fire; this was the White Ensign flown by the NZ cruiser HMNZS Achilles during the Battle of the River Plate and also flown at the Surrender...

Battle of the River Plate takes place between HMS Exeter, HMS Ajax, HMNZS Achilles and the German cruiser Admiral Graf Spee, forcing the latter to scuttle...

air forces 27 February Action of 27 February 1941 – New Zealand cruiser HMNZS Leander sinks Italian merchant raider Ramb I 2–8 March Convoy OB 293 – 3...

and had 23 former members present at the Japanese Surrender while aboard HMNZS Gambia. Post war sea cadets were able to take advantage of the significant...

November: Bernard Freyberg is appointed commander of 2NZEF 13 December: HMNZS Achilles takes part in The Battle of the River Plate. 1940 5 January: First Echelon...

Sydney 30 December 1940 for Auckland escorted by the light cruiser HMNZS Achilles. Following the raids on Nauru, Komet and Orion sailed for the Indian...

German heavy cruiser Admiral Graf Spee is trapped by cruisers HMS Ajax, HMNZS Achilles, and HMS Exeter after a running battle off the coast of Uruguay. Graf...

Retrieved 28 January 2020. Le Caisne, Garance (26 February 2011). "Il y a 70 ans, le serment de Koufra" (in French). Le Journal du Dimanche. Archived from...

four crewmen were killed. Survivors were rescued by HMS Achilles ( Royal Navy) and/or HMNZS Gale ( Royal New Zealand Navy). Rabaul  United Kingdom World...