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Danlayer

HMNZS Coastguard (T12)Converted trawler 1941–1960 Danlayer –

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HMNZS Coastguard

HMNZS Coastguard (T12)
Converted trawler 1941–1960
Danlayer – Functioned as a stores ship 1945–1960

English: Coastguard underway, 1940s – used to supply HMNZS Tamaki, Motuihe Island until 1960
Date
8 April 2024
Source
Auckland War Memorial Museum
Author
Tudor Washington Collins

At the beginning of March 1942 the Matai sailed to Suva, where she was joined by the danlayers Kaiwaka and Coastguard. At that time the United States Navy was preparing to establish a base and fleet anchorage in Nandi Waters at the western end of Viti Levu. Lieutenant C. C. Lowry, RN, in charge of a Royal Australian Navy survey party, arrived at Suva on 12 March and surveyed the Nandi area, assisted by Lieutenant-Commander A. D. Holden, RNZNR, commanding officer of the Matai, and his ship’s company. During the first week of April the Matai, Kaiwaka, and Coastguard, as danlayers, co-operated with the United States ships Gamble, Ramsay, and Kingfisher which laid protective minefields in Nandi Waters. In company with the Muritai, the Kaiwaka and Coastguard returned to Auckland on 25 April. HMFS Viti arrived back at Suva early in April, relieving the Moa which sailed for Auckland. The Gale also returned to Suva on 25 May but a month later was ordered to Noumea.

HMNZS Phyllis (T22)

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HMNZS Phyllis (T22)
HMNZS Phyllis at the Devonport Naval Base, HMNZS Kiwi (T102) inboard
HMNZS Phyllis at the Devonport Naval Base, HMNZS Kiwi (T102) inboard
HMNZS Phyllis
Built: Seattle Construction Co., USA 1912
Type: Danlayer
Pennant No.: T22
Displacement: 148 tons gross, 67 tons net
Length: 96.1 ft./29.3 m Beam: 19.5 ft./ 5.9 m Draft: 2.8 ft./0.8 m
Propulsion: Steam recip., ihp 350, single screw coal fired
Speed: 9 knots.
Armament: 2 x light MG
Complement: 14
Phyllis was built as a whale chaser built for the Norwegians named Star III, and worked from Stewart Island. She was laid up there in 1929, sold to a NZ buyer, renamed Phyllis and used as a trawler.
The ship was purchased from the Canterbury Steam Trawling Co. Ltd.of Christchurch on 3 September 1942 and fitted out at Lyttelton as a danlayer, the intention being to employ her at Auckland. A danlayer is a small vessel employed in minesweeping operations to lay dan-buoys to mark the limits of the channels swept through a minefield.



She was commissioned on 11 January 1943 as HMNZS Phyllis and sailed for Auckland but was delayed by engine trouble in Wellington. Inspection at Auckland rvealed numerpous defects and she prove unsatisfactory as a danlayer. Repairs were not completed and little or no use was made of Phyllis: she paid off in 28 February 1944 and was sold.
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Phyllis as a fishing trawler