HMNZS Endeavour (A11) was a fleet oiler for the Royal New Zealand Navy. She was named after James Cook’s Bark Endeavour and the third ship in the RNZN to carry that name, though if continuity with the Royal Navy ships of the name HMS Endeavour is considered, she is the twelfth.
June 2009, NAVY, HMNZS ENDEAVOUR, HMNZS Endavour RAS with a Royal Navy logistic support vessel, Wave Ruler and the HMAS SUCCESS during Exercise BERSAMA SHIELDHMNZS Endeavour (A11) at Chowder Bay, Sydney.Ships from left to right HMNZS CANTERBURY, HMNZS ENDEAVOUR, HMAS ARUNTA, HMAS ANZAC, HMNZS TE KAHA, HMNZS HAWEA, and HMNZS TAUPO.HMNZS Endeavour departs Wellington Harbour. Possibly HMNZS Rotoiti entering harbourHMNZS Endeavour refuels HMNZS Te Kaha and ROKS Choi Young.HMNZS Endeavour at anchor in Jervis Bay, New South Wales, during Exercise Ocean Protector.HMNZS Endeavour visits Wellington
The previous two ships of the RNZN were Antarctic research support vessels. Endeavour was built in South Korea to a commercial design and commissioned on 8 April 1988, and decommissioned on 15 December 2017. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMNZS_Endeavour_(A11)
