HMNZS Waipu (T32/T357 ) outboard of HMNZS Kiwi (T102)

HMNZS Waipu
HMNZS Waipu – New Zealand minesweeper from the period of World War II , one of the thirteen built units of type Castle . The ship was launched on July 31, 1943 at the Stevenson & Cook shipyard in Dunedin , and the Royal New Zealand Navy entered in November 1943. The unit was withdrawn from service in 1946.
Design and construction
The ship’s construction was based on a project of British Castle trawlers , built massively from the First World War [1] [2] . Of the planned seventeen units of this type, thirteen were completed, with a hull with a wooden shell made of agatisa , using metal frames [3] .

HMNZS [a] “Waipu” was launched on July 31, 1943 at the Stevenson & Cook shipyard in Dunedin, and entered service in the Navy on November 17, 1943 [2] [3] .

Tactical and technical data
The length between the ship’s risers was 38.1 meters , the width was 7.16 meters and the maximum draft was 4.27 meters [1] [2] . The standard displacement was 447 tons , and the full standard was 635 tons [1] [4] . The ship was powered by a 480- hp triple-expansion steam machine , to which steam supplied a single cylindrical boiler , fired with coal [1] [3] . The maximum speed of the unit driven by one screw was 10 knots [1] [5] .

Artillery equipment consisted of a single 12-pound running universal caliber of 76 mm (3 inches ) QF HA L / 40 [1] [2] . The small-caliber anti-aircraft weapon was a single Oerlikon automatic gun cal. 20 mm L / 70 [1] [2] [b] . For anti-submarine serving pitcher depth charge with a supply of four bomb [1] [2] . Anti-mine equipment was sea ​​trawl [2] .

The ship’s crew consisted of 42 officers, non-commissioned officers and seamen [1] [2] [c] .

Service
“Waipu” served in the RNZN for less than three years, initially marked with the T32 side sign , then changed to T357 [2] . The list of the fleet was written down in 1946 and then sold to the fisheries sector

HMNZS Waima (T 349)

MS Trawler of the Manuka class

Navy	The Royal New Zealand Navy
Type	MS Trawler
Class	Manuka
Pennant	T 349
Built by	Stevenson & Cook (Port Chalmers, New Zealand) : A.G. Price (Thames, New Zealand)
Ordered	19 Sep 1941
Laid down
Launched	11 Dec 1943
Commissioned	28 Mar 1944
End service
History	Sold in 1946

Commands listed for HMNZS Waima (T 349)

Please note that we’re still working on this section
and that we only list Commanding Officers for the duration of the Second World War.

	Commander	From	To
1	Lt. Charles Clinton Stevens, RNZNVR	29 Mar 1944	late 1944
2	T/Lt. Mervyn Arnold Knight Marks, RNZNVR	late 1944	21 Mar 1945
3	T/Lt. William George Johnston, RNZNVR	21 Mar 1945