The Isles-class naval trawlers were 164 feet (50.0 m) long, displaced 740 tons full load, and could manage 12 knots (22 km/h). They had a complement of 40 and were armed with one 12-pounder gun, three 20 mm Oerlikons in single mounts and depth charges.
MS Trawler of the Isles class
Navy The Royal New Zealand Navy
Type MS Trawler
Class Isles
Pennant T 160
Built by Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd. (Goole, U.K.) : Amos & Smith
Ordered 22 Jul 1940
Laid down 23 Dec 1940
Launched 12 Jul 1941
Commissioned 4 Nov 1941
End service
History Sold in 1958.
Commands listed for HMNZS Sanda (T 160)
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Commander From To
1 Lt.Cdr. (retired) Norman Leggatt Mackie, RNR 30 Oct 1941 9 Nov 1944
2 Lt.Cdr. Henry Alfred Dunnet, RNR 9 Nov 1944
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The ship was named after an island near the Mull of Kintyre. Sanda was commissioned into service with the RNZN on 30 October 1941. On 31 December 1943, Sanda along with her sister ships were deployed to sweep the independent minefield in the Bay of Islands.
By the end of February 1944, 249 mines had been swept and destroyed from the field of 258 mines laid in October 1942.
