The RNZN, or Royal New Zealand Navy. Although diminished aft WW2, the Kiwi navy operated two Dido-class and soon a completely modified one, HMNZS Royalist, a good exemple of a modernized Dido in the cold war; But the navy also operated frigates, corvettes, minesweepers and patrols crafts to monitor an extensive EEZ. In this post the history, organization, operations, modernization and a brief look at the modern NZ Navy, now concerned as Australia with the rapid rise and ambitions of the Chinese PLAN. #RNZN #newzealandnavy #kiwinavy #waitangiday #newzealand #coldwar #hmnzsroyalist
warships and naval warfare from antiquity to this day