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Contents
04 Exercise Bersama Gold 22 Naval adviser in London
10 The RNZN across the world 26 Photo-capture of frigate life
14 TE MANA goes to sea 30 ROYALIST’s last newsletter
16 Chef of the Year 35 15 Rounds
21 First East Timor Medal
“That’s what’s great about the
Navy. Even if you’re doing the
same sort of role, every couple
of years it’s different.”
– CPOCWS Chris Lawson, posted to Bahrain
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Maritime Component Commander
CDRE Garin Golding
Maritime Component Commander
Tēnā koe, Other important areas of focus for It is my opinion that if we get the
me are the advancement of a ‘just’ culture piece right, create positive
Similar to the WON, I would like to use
culture and promoting empowerment, workplaces and have a clear purpose
this opportunity to share my thoughts
encouraging leaders at all levels to then it will set the conditions for
that I outlined during my Change of
provide those they mentor, train and people to be passionate about what
Command ceremony. What I intend to
supervise with clear intent, and then they do.
focus on during my tenure is what I call
step out of the way and let them get
the 3Ps: People, Purpose, and Passion. PASSION
on with the job.
PEOPLE French philosopher Denis Diderot
PURPOSE
once said “only passions, great
For me, whakaute is a foundational
The return of our Frigates and passions, can elevate the soul to
piece of cultural literacy that we
Task Group operations abroad has great things.” Ultimately this is how
should all become familiar with.
seen the start of what will be a long we can achieve positive change
Whakaute means respect, but not
regeneration of our Naval Combat for our organisation. There is a
through simply lip service or a box-
Force and domain mastery. This podcast, ‘The Knowledge Project’
ticking exercise, but with authenticity
regeneration will be a significant with Jim Collins, which uses the
by being genuine in our interactions.
challenge, particularly as we concept of the ‘fly wheel effect’
Whakaute is demonstrated through
navigate the current and future to highlight how great teams and
our behaviours towards others and
impacts of Covid. Key to overcoming organisations create success over
towards the kaupapa or the cause
these challenges is being clear years of small refinements or ‘flys’’.
that we each champion. Empathy,
in our purpose because a clear Although they are small increments,
kindness and respect for others
purpose helps build resilience. It is over time they start to generate
are integral to our character, and by
therefore important that leadership more and more momentum as the
demonstrating these attributes in our
generates a shared belief, focus fly wheel gets bigger. Before you
actions and interactions with each
and identity through regular know it, the fly wheel is generating
other we earn our own mana. It is
communication of the ‘why’. so much momentum that it is
important to honour the individuality
operating completely under its own
in each person because our mana Within MCC’s current guidance
steam, which in turn enables an
is reflected in our actions towards document there is a statement:
organisation to transition away from
others. If we can embed whakaute as ‘teamwork makes the dream work’.
being transactional, towards one that
our foundation, supported and enabled With this in mind I am keen to engage
is transformational. People who are
by our four organisational values, the fleet, discussing with command
passionate about what they do are the
then I believe that in a hierarchical teams the theory and essence of what
ones who make the small refinements
organisation like ours, we can set it takes to develop high-performing
necessary to start this process and
out the conditions that enable trust teams. In particular I intend drawing
drive an organisation towards this
and mana to flow and diversity and on a variety of concepts, including
positive outcome.
inclusion to grow. The addition of recent learnings from the All Blacks
an adult learning environment and a where importance is placed on an He heramana ahau
coaching and mentoring approach will individual’s understanding and ability
further enhance our ability to develop to execute their specific roles in order
and sustain an effective and high- to successfully implement the broader
performing work environment. game plan.
Navy Today #260 | 3
EXERCISE
BERSAMA
GOLD
A major exercise marking the 50th anniversary of the Five Power Defence
Arrangements (FPDA). Held from 4 to 18 October, Bersama Gold is the first
FPDA exercise to be conducted physically as a field training exercise since
the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
THE
PARTICIPANTS 2,600 10 1
PERSONNEL SHIPS SUBMARINE
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EXERCISE BERSAMA GOLD
THE
“To exercise FPDA Defence Forces in the
SCENARIO conduct of Combined Joint Operations in a
multi-threat environment at tactical level
for the defence of Malaysia and Singapore.”
6 3
MARITIME
25
FIGHTER
2
SUPPORT
1
COMMAND AND
MARITIME
HELICOPTERS PATROL AIRCRAFT AIRCRAFT AIRCRAFT CONTROL AIRCRAFT
Navy Today #260 | 5
TE KAHA’S
COMBAT
ROLE
The exercise started with a enemy. The Task Units used aircraft that ships can detect other vessels.
rendezvous for all vessels to check and systems on board to detect the Once found, each team would attempt
communication throughout the force. submarine before splitting into search to destroy the opposition force.
This involved coordinating 10 vessels groups to close and destroy the This exercise was conducted over
and required a high level of planning, submarine while defending the HVU. extended periods of time and required
communication and precision. a lot of tactical thinking, planning and
Surface warfare exercises saw Task highly skilled work to find an adversary
Air defence exercises involved the Unit 657.1 split into two groups to play who was trying to remain clandestine.
force manoeuvring to protect the High the red and blue teams. The red team
Value Unit (HVU) from fighter jets. or enemy force, usually consisting of
These adversaries were played by the two ships, would detach from the main
Malaysian, Singaporean or Australian Task Group and “hide”. This involved
aircraft who, for the purpose of the trying to blend in with merchant traffic,
exercise, were the “enemy aircraft”.
hiding in groups of fishing vessels,
These exercises involved dynamic
reducing their transmissions, all to Above: HMNZS TE KAHA gets to work as
ship manoeuvring from the air defence Exercise Bersama Gold unfolds.
make detection harder and gain the
vessels to ensure they are protecting
upper hand on the blue team. The Below: Fighter jets perform a display pass
the HVU as well as maintaining
blue team, acting as the friendly force, over HMNZS AOTEAROA.
weapon arcs.
would allow the red team to detach HMAS ANZAC and HMNZS AOTEAROA
Sub-surface warfare exercises involve until the planned serial start, at which during a Replenishment at Sea.
the force locating and destroying an point they would attempt to find and Photo: RAN.
‘enemy’ submarine, with a Malaysian destroy the red team. Aircraft were HMNZS AOTEAROA’s Seasprite lands on
submarine playing the part of the utilised to search far beyond the range HMAS CANBERRA. Photo: RAN.
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EXERCISE BERSAMA GOLD
AOTEAROA THE SUSTAINER
HMNZS AOTEAROA was part of the • Fuelling a frigate and conducting Clockwise from top: Vessels taking part in
formed task group of 10 ships and Vertical Replenishment to a Landing a Bersama Gold photo exercise, as seen
from HMNZS TE KAHA.
involved in everything being thrown Helicopter Dock ship simultaneously;
at the group, included the anti- Joining in the action are HMAS ANZAC and
• Having all of New Zealand’s FPDA Singaporean Navy corvette RSS VALOUR.
submarine exercises and air defence
partners, including Singaporean,
exercises involving fighter jets. HMNZS AOTEAROA conducting a
Malaysian, British and Australian replenishment at sea with HMAS
Her primary role was Replenishment ships conduct single ship and dual CANBERRA.
At Sea (RAS) throughout the exercise, RAS with AOTEAROA;
ensuring the rest of the Task Group
• Rafting with TE KAHA and
could remain at sea conducting the
transferring two containers worth of
exercise. It meant AOTEAROA was the
victuals and stores, by lifting loaded
only tanker participating in multi-ship,
containers onto her flight deck,
multi-threat exercises.
and then after TE KAHA unloaded
Highlights for AOTEAROA include: them, recovering the containers with
AOTEAROA’s crane (see page 9).
• Dual RAS by day and night;
• Providing F76 (Diesel) and F44
(Aviation fuel), or F76 and H20 to
the same ship simultaneously;
Navy Today #260 | 7
FROM THE BRIDGE HMNZS TE KAHA
“For TE KAHA the opportunity to deploy back to Asia was a significant step
in returning normality to Naval Combat Force operations. With a long hiatus
from operations and a constrained generation period, a significant investment
of training was required to get the warfighting skills of the ship to the level
needed to deliver in company with the Carrier Strike Group and as the Surface
Warfare Commander for Bersama Gold. Pleasingly the ship was able to
generate a fighting capability that enabled successful operations throughout the
deployment.
“The opportunities that have been taken during the deployment have allowed a
greater understanding of the new capabilities to be developed and also of where
we need to invest in training to get back to the levels of warfighting competence
that were enjoyed prior to the Frigate Systems Upgrade. While it will take time
Commander and effort to regenerate the full capability of the combat force, the pleasing
thing is the personnel enthusiasm and willingness to learn is there. With the
Brock Symmons right opportunity and attitude, the Naval Combat Forces will ensure that they are
ready and able to deliver combat capability at, and from, the sea as part of an
integrated defence force.”
FROM THE BRIDGE HMNZS AOTEAROA
“When we sailed in early September, I couldn’t have dreamed how successful
our first deployment as part of a Task Group would have been – now as we head
home I couldn’t be prouder of how far we have brought AOTEAROA this year.
“The progress we have made is testament to the mahi of every member of our
Ship’s Company, our consorts, the Integrated Project Team (past and present)
and the shore support organisations, who have all worked tirelessly over the past
few months and years to get us to the stage where we have proven AOTEAROA
is capable of supporting a deployed force.
“We have found AOTEAROA to be a highly capable ship, well-suited for the role
of Task Group support. We still have a few things to work through to get the ship
to full capability, but for our first deployment in support of other ships, the last
Captain eight weeks have been incredibly satisfying and I could not be more proud of the
way in which the Ship’s Company have worked together to prove AOTEAROA’s
Simon Rooke ability to fuel the fight and live up to the Ship’s motto – Kōkiritia (Onward).”
Above: The view from HMAS CANBERRA of HMNZ Ships
TE KAHA and AOTEAROA during Exercise Bersama Gold.
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EXERCISE BERSAMA GOLD
RAFTING
UP FOR
RESUPPLY
A replenishment at
sea doesn’t have to
be about two ships
running abeam to
each other, or even
about fuel.
While off the east coast of Malaysia,
in the vicinity of Tioman Island,
HMNZS TE KAHA manoeuvred up to
an anchored HMNZS AOTEAROA to
effect a resupply. Lines were passed
and she was heaved in using the
capstans on both vessels.
The two ships were ‘top and tailed’ to
allow AOTEAROA’s for’ard 20-tonne
crane to lift containers from its deck to
the flight deck of TE KAHA.
AOTEAROA passed over some much
needed stores, including fresh and
frozen food. AOTEAROA had collected
TE KAHA’s stores from Singapore
while TE KAHA was interacting with
the UK Carrier Strike Group.
As well as a great opportunity for
the two crews to have a socially-
distanced catch-up, the manoeuvre
was an important tick in the box for
AOTEAROA’s capability release.
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1 WHERE ARE WE? CTF 150
SYSTEMS UPGRADE TEAM
Current Navy population 2,334 Frigate Systems Upgrade 167 Bahrain 10
(regular) (30 June 2021) Esquimalt, Canada
G MULTINATIONAL FORCE
A OPERATION PROTECT AND OBSERVERS
D HMNZS CANTERBURY
Sinai, Egypt 3
Managed Isolation and 214 15-year maintenance 107
Quarantine Facilities programme, Singapore H UNITED NATIONS COMMAND
(mainly Auckland)
E HMNZS WELLINGTON Republic of Korea 3
B HMNZS AOTEAROA
I SUPPORT AND LOGISTICS FOR
Operation Havre, 65
Operation Crucible, 95 Raoul Island
DEPLOYED PERSONNEL
Exercise Bersama Gold 21
Guam, Malaysia, Singapore Operation Calypso,
Middle East 2
Western Pacific UNITED NATIONS SUPERVISION
B I
HMNZS TE KAHA ORGANISATION
F COMBINED MARITIME FORCES
Operation Crucible, 174 Middle East 1
Exercise Bersama Gold 21 Bahrain 2 US CENTRAL COMMAND
Guam, Malaysia, Singapore I
HEADQUARTERS
Middle East 2
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OPERATIONS,
MISSIONS AND
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ACTIVITIES
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OCTOBER AND
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NOVEMBER 2021
J OPERATION ANTARCTICA M FIJI P SOLOMON ISLANDS
Antarctica 3 Diplomatic staff 1 Forum Fisheries Agency 1
K AUSTRALIA Technical adviser 1 Q TONGA
N ICELAND
Study 7 Technical adviser 1
Diplomatic staff 2 Exercise Northern 9 R UNITED KINGDOM
(the DA and the NA) Challenge, Diving Exercise
Secondment 5 O
Study and courses 14
MALAYSIA
Posting to RAN ships 2 Posting to RN ships 6
Secondment 1
C
Diplomatic staff 1
CANADA
D SINGAPORE Secondment 6
Diplomatic and posting 3
Diplomatic staff 1 S UNITED STATES
L COOK ISLANDS Shipyard with 2
HMNZS CANTERBURY Diplomatic staff 2
Technical adviser 1
Secondment 2 Study 1
Posting 1
Navy Today #260 | 11NEW MARITIME
COMPONENT
COMMANDER
Maritime Component Commander
Commodore Garin Golding
Garin Golding’s After reporting for duty to Commander
Joint Forces, Rear Admiral Gilmour,
arrival to his Navy CDRE Golding acknowledged his
traditional path through the Navy as a
career is a familiar Navigating Officer before taking up a
story: teenager specialisation in diving. He has been
the Commanding Officer of HMNZS
wants to join the MANAWANUI (III) during deployments
to South East Asia and the Pacific, the
Police but isn’t old Commander of the Deployable Joint
enough. Inter-Agency Task Force and most
recently the Director Maritime Domain,
Capability Branch.
His father is Warrant Officer (rtd)
Reece Golding MNZM, MSM, CDRE Golding considered his core
who joined the Navy in 1963. He focus would be around people,
suggested the teenager try out for purpose and passion. “Our people
officer selection. “It would be good thrive in a positive environment, in a
experience,” he told the 18-year-old. structure based around respect, in an
adult learning environment. We get
Last month, 33 years later,
our core values right, our diversity and
Commodore Garin Golding accepted
inclusion grows.”
the position of Maritime Component
Commander on 13 October, saying Purpose – a familiar concept for
“I have the fleet” and taking the symbol Joint Forces – would involve the
of command from his predecessor, regeneration of the frigates and the
Commodore Mat Williams. His father, combat capability. CDRE Golding says
who travelled down from Tauranga, he understands the importance of
was among the select audience high-performing teams executing the
at Headquarters Joint Forces game plan and will be building on it.
New Zealand
And passion? “I’m a passionate guy.
Two days earlier, his wife Bronwyn and But if you get the first two right, people
daughters Natalia and Lucy witnessed become passionate about what they
his promotion to Commodore at do. They get enthusiastic, they want
Defence House. to improve, and I’ll be ensuring that
passion is harnessed.”
12 | Navy Today #260THIRD FLIGHT
(REDUCED) FOR
NO. 6 SQUADRON
After a hiatus of
six years,
No. 6 Squadron
is showcasing its
growth with the
standing up of its
‘third’ flight.
Traditionally the Squadron has had periods – HMNZS AOTEAROA Last month a flight deck party course
three flights – A, B, and C – but has in South East Asia, and HMNZS was run for ‘A’ flight (reduced). “The
been unable to staff the third flight for WELLINGTON in the Pacific. course focusses on safety and
some time. While the unit has been situational awareness in a dynamic,
The flight isn’t at full strength yet.
growing its personnel numbers it changing environment. It’s run with
Normally it would be around 14
has been operating with just B and C COVID-19 protocols in place, and
personnel, including aircrew along
Flight. students have to demonstrate
with an aircraft and maintenance back
their commitment to learning and
Lieutenant Zach Taylor, overseeing up. At this point, ‘A’ flight is set up as
continuous improvement in a hot, noisy
the revival, says the Squadron took a detachment for No. 3 Squadron,
and windy environment.” The final
a break from three flights when it to provide flight deck resources for
day involved the students perfecting
received the ‘I’ model of the Seasprite NH90 helicopters operating from
the process for lashing aircraft to
maritime helicopter in 2015. “We had HMNZS CANTERBURY. “No. 3
the deck with chains, winching, and
an agreement when we received the Squadron don’t have the resources on
Vertical Replenishment (VERTREP)
SH-2G(I) Seasprite that we would their own to operate NH90s on ships,
with both a SH-2G(I) Seasprite and a
start with two flights to allow time so ‘A’ flight will help facilitate that.
NH90. Members of ‘A’ flight (reduced)
to grow personnel and iron out the Until now the either ‘B’ or ‘C’ flight has
have also been trained at the Navy’s
kinks. Now, that agreement with the been required to embark on HMNZS
Damage Control School in generic
Maritime Component Commander and CANTERBURY to fulfil this role, which
Damage Control as well as procedures
Air Component Commander expires hasn’t been an effective use of their
tailored for aircraft emergencies.
next year. Getting back into it signals time. For ‘A’ flight (reduced) it’s about
the growth of personnel, and shows supervising flight deck operations. It means ‘A’ flight (reduced) can now
us delivering the contract that No. 6 The No. 3 Squadron team will maintain support HMNZS CANTERBURY’s
Squadron has.” the helicopter along with getting it out Safety and Readiness Check when it
of the hangar, onto the flight deck, returns from its maintenance period in
The timing is ideal, as demands grow and putting it away at the end of the Singapore, and means it stands ready
for embarked maritime helicopter day. We’ll handle the lashing of the to embark onboard CANTERBURY for
operations. “The number of aviation- helicopter to the flight deck when the 2021/2022 Pacific Humanitarian
capable ships has increased,” he says. it lands, the transfer of underslung Aid and Disaster Relief period, should
For the first time in a while, there have loads, personnel and provide the need arise.
been two embarked Seasprites on emergency response.”
ships at the same time for prolonged
Navy Today #260 | 13TE MANA AT SEA 14 | Navy Today #260
TE MANA AT SEA
Lieutenant Highlights of the week included high
speed engineering trials, RHIB training,
TE MANA also had the opportunity
to work with the RCN’s HARRY DE
Richard Horne, anchoring, and ship manoeuvring, as WOLF, VANCOUVER, MOOSE, ORCA,
well as the regeneration of sensor and CARIBOU. The ships started the
Ship’s Information and support systems. For a number of day conducting a sail-past of Victoria,
Officer, reports on the Ship’s Company, these were their
first days at sea and it is particularly
followed by some Officer of the Watch
Manoeuvres, and then formed up
HMNZS TE MANA’s exciting to see them grow into for the final manoeuvre (dubbed the
mariners. ‘Starburst’ by the RCN). TE MANA
Frigate Systems thoroughly enjoyed the chance
At time of writing TE MANA has now
Upgrade progress spent four weeks at sea. The first
to operate closely with Canadian
warships, and looks forward to the
from Canada. two were Commanding Officer’s Sea
Weeks, getting the ship to sea and
next time in-company with them.
focussing on internal training and Winter in Canada is quickly drawing
TE MANA’s Safety and Readiness engineering trials. For the last two in, with the days getting shorter and
Check (SARC) was conducted weeks, TE MANA has been out at sea the temperatures steadily dropping.
from 27 September to 1 October. conducting CSAV (Combat System TE MANA has had to work hard
It was a busy week for TE MANA, Alignment Verification) trials in support to make the most of the daylight
but everyone pitched in and the of Lockheed Martin Canada, in the hours while they last. The ship got
Maritime Operational Evaluation Team areas around Esquimalt, the Juan de her first taste of rough weather and
(MOET) were thoroughly impressed Fuca Strait, and the Canadian west big swells when she was out in the
by the efforts of the Ship’s Company. coast firing areas. west coast firing areas, sailing into
All the months of hard work and 5–6m swells and 40-knot winds.
preparation paid off with strong These CSAV trials test the capability
Apart from a few sea-sick sailors she
displays in a number of areas. With of the new and improved CMS
pushed through and successfully
the most important box ticked, the (Combat Management System) to
achieved the trials. All the while, we
final preparations to go to sea were track both surface and airborne
have also indulged ourselves in some
completed over the weekend and contacts from a number of sensors
local traditions of Thanksgiving,
TE MANA successfully sailed from onboard, including 2D and 3D
Halloween, as well as the 216th
Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt for radar, infra-red and electro-optical
commemoration of Lord Nelson’s
the first time in 938 days. sensors, and ESM sensors. For some
Victory at Trafalgar, capping off a
of these trials TE MANA utilised
successful first month back at sea.
A busy week of conducting Sea Trials her own RHIBs or navigational
ensued as the Ship’s Company settled buoys as surface contacts, and
back into life at sea, aided by pristine for others the Royal Canadian
Canadian weather and sea conditions. Navy (RCN) assisted by providing
Lear Jets as airborne contacts.
Navy Today #260 | 15CHEF OF THE YEAR
Able Chef Moana Hira
HMNZS WELLINGTON
A chef who loves and once spent a morning creating
goodies to sell to the Ship’s Company
“I then posted onto HMNZS OTAGO
in March 2020, and I’ve been in
seeing the joy to raise money for the SPCA. Offshore Patrol Vessels since then.
The crew size is good, less than half
good food brings She says she was shocked to receive
the award, which took place on board
of a frigate. You can be a lot more
has been awarded HMNZS WELLINGTON last month.
creative with a small crew.”
Navy Chef of the “I just feel like I’m doing my job. It
makes me feel good to make other
It is typically a galley team of six in an
Offshore Patrol Vessel. “You have a
Year for 2021. people happy. But to be commended Petty Officer Chef and a Leading Chef.
for such a high praise like Chef of the Then there’s a ‘two-star’ chef like me.
Able Chef Moana Hira, posted to Year blows my mind.” Then you have two or three junior Able
HMNZS WELLINGTON this year for Chefs or Ordinary Chefs in the mix.
ACH Hira joined the Navy in 2016 after
the ship’s work-up and trials leading finishing at Whangamata Area School She says the hardest aspect of being
to Operation Calypso, was described in the Coromandel. “Recruiters came a chef at sea is that it’s a physically
as “invaluable” in using her experience to the school, and it was cool to see demanding job. “You’re standing,
to help form a brand-new galley a different path other than university. moving around for eight plus hours,
team. Her citation describes how the You got paid to learn, paid to travel, lifting heavy pots of food and even
ship came up to an operational state paid to play sport. My parents thought if the seas are rough, people still
through weeks of long working hours
it was awesome.” need to eat. But definitely, the
and high-tempo drills. Throughout the
pros outweigh the cons. I’ve got an
push, ACH Hira fostered a positive She had a passion for cooking
internationally recognized City and
attitude as she actively coached and in high school. “I realized the joy
Guilds qualification that I can take
mentored her younger galley team. and happiness food provides. I
anywhere, and I got paid to earn this
helped my parents and my family
The food’s pretty good too. Her qualification. My advice to people
cook. I just like seeing how it
reputation among the crew is that of thinking of becoming a chef, if you’ve
brings everyone together.”
an excellent chef with almost every got that passion and creativity, then
meal being commented on as ‘the Her first posting was in HMNZS TE being a chef could be for you. You get
best ever’. She used her downtime MANA for two years, which included paid to travel, get qualified and you
to support her shipmates’ birthdays a South East Asia deployment. make life-long friends.”
16 | Navy Today #260COMMAND TASK FORCE 150
CAPTURING THE
CONTRABAND
Chief Petty Officer Communication
Warfare Specialist
Chris Lawson
With the abatement of the networks the team need to complete in WELLINGTON and most recently
southwestern monsoon season, the mission. He connects with in AOTEAROA. I’ve spent most of my
narcotics trafficking through the Indian coalition and United States networks, career at sea.”
Ocean is on the rise. It’s what Chief and makes sure the team can connect
He previously applied for a CTF 150
Petty Officer Communication Warfare internally and with the New Zealand
posting two years ago, when Australia
Specialist Chris Lawson has been Defence Force systems. He looks after
were leading it. When he heard
waiting for. the logging and record-keeping of all
that New Zealand was leading this
command decisions.
It’s a good atmosphere on the iteration, he put his hand up.
combined watch floor for Command He says it’s the challenge offered in
“The first two months for us – during
Task Forces 150 and 151 in Bahrain. the Navy that gets him out of bed, and
the monsoon season – was about
Out in the Indian Ocean, the weather he’s certainly getting that in Bahrain.
building relationships, meeting our
is improving, and the targets – dhows “That’s the reason I joined,” he says.
counterparts, and getting familiar with
possibly loaded with contraband – “That’s what’s great about the Navy.
the assets we have out there. Now the
are making their move. View screens Even if you’re doing the same sort of
weather is shifting, people are starting
populate the wall of the watch floor, role, every couple of years it’s different.
to move.”
showing the ‘assets’ – the naval forces You’re on different platforms, doing
ready to go to work. The maritime different operations – and then there’s The team were hoping to build on the
picture – the hunters and the hunted – a land-based operation like this.” success of their predecessor, Canada,
is starting to build. and with two busts under their belt
Originally from Kawerau and
they know it’s working. “This is why
New Zealand is leading Command Whakatane, a chance for a challenge
the relationships are important. If we
Task Force 150 this year, the first time was what prompted him to join the
get intelligence, we can pass it on to
it has done so. The multi-national task Navy in 2008. He’d left school in the
an asset – a French ship, a Royal Navy
force’s mission is to conduct maritime 6th form and had been working in a
ship, or it could be aircraft. It’s not a
security operations outside the marine shop. “I wanted to get out, do
binding contract. We can request an
Arabian Gulf, targeting the movement some things, and decided to give it
asset and say, we’ve found something,
of weapons or drugs that foster a go. A lot of my family have served
can you go and investigate?”
criminal and terrorist organisations. in the Royal Navy, and it’s good to
CTF 151 tackles piracy. know you’re following in your family’s For downtime, CPOCWS Lawson says
footsteps.” it’s much like New Zealand in Level 1.
The team have enjoyed early success,
“Bahrain has a high vaccination rate
last month directing the French Particular highlights for him have been
against COVID-19. We can go out to
frigate FS LANGUEDOC towards attendance at Exercise Rim of the
waterparks and other attractions, hit
two separate dhow interceptions. Pacific, the world’s largest maritime
the beach and pools, and barbecues
So far the seizures have involved exercise, in 2012 when New Zealand
with friends.”
over 5,000kg of hash and 166kg of was working its way back into a
methamphetamine. If this was to make naval relationship with the United New Zealand will hand over the lead of
its way to New Zealand, then the States, and then again in 2014, 2018 CTF 150 to Pakistan in early 2022.
combined street value would be in the and 2020. “I’ve done multiple stints
vicinity of NZ$159.5 million. on the frigates, in CANTERBURY,
the old MANAWANUI and the new
CPOCWS Lawson is Staff Officer N6,
MANAWANUI. I’ve done a short time
responsible for the communication
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OUR
PEOPLE
1. ALSS Chloe Cullen on the deck
of HMNZS TE KAHA with USS
CHARLESTON in the background.
2. POWT Michael Montgomery and
AWTR Joanna Mafi take a break from
RAS duties on board HMNZS TE KAHA.
3. From left, ACH Janelle Barnhill, ACH
6 7 Melissa Kurylo, LCH Conor Monaghan
and ACH Nadia Mwila participate in the
‘HMNZS AOTEAROA Open’, a nine-hole
course throughout the ship on transit
from Guam to Singapore.
4. CDR John Sellwood is promoted to
CAPT at Defence House, Wellington.
5. Promotions to Able Rate for HMNZS
TE KAHA shipmates ASTD Danielle
Kurei, ASTD Paige Harvey, ASTD Amber
Younger, AMT(P) Antony Baker, AMT(P)
Frazer Grant and AMT(L) Cole Carey.
6. Warrant Officer Mark Hannah,
the manager of Quality Assurance
and Training for Defence Recruiting,
is commissioned as a Lieutenant,
with his son Luke and stepdaughter
Renee changing his rank slides.
11 12 7. AMT(L) Myer August, HMNZS TE
KAHA, reacts to the camera.
8. ASTD Oziah Duff-Feu’u, HMNZS
AOTEAROA, receives his first Good
Conduct Badge.
9. LCSS Hayley-Ann May and ACWS
Serafima Kazakova are all smiles on
board HMNZS TE KAHA.
10. HMNZS TE KAHA’s Electronic
Technicians pose for a photo
with the UK’s Carrier Strike
Group in the background.
13 11. CPOMAA Lisa Glennie is all
smiles as she works with HMNZS
TE KAHA’s RAS team.
12. CDR Brock Symmons, CO of
HMNZS TE KAHA, talks to his opposite
number, CAPT Simon Rooke of
HMNZS AOTEAROA, while the two
ships are rafted up for a resupply.
13. ASCS Luther Paniora-Prescott
is promoted to Leading Hand
aboard HMNZS AOTEAROA.
Navy Today #260 | 19Simulator hits
the senses
The Sea Safety Gone is the Leander-era
communications equipment and
The new simulator was installed by the
Maritime Simulation Refresh (MSR)
Training Squadron’s classroom feel, replaced by the exact project team, with the help of the
same Damage Control (DC) systems Auckland based Electronic Navigation
Damage Control used in the fleet. The simulator Limited (ENL) as the technology
Communication injects machinery noise, lighting
and visual graphics commensurate
provider. This upgrade is just one of
many of the exciting projects that the
Training Unit (CTU) with what would be found on board MSR team are working on throughout
an operational platform. The result the Naval Base. The aim for each
has just undergone is an overloading of the senses, project is to breathe new life into
a major overhaul, making the user feel like they are
actually on board a vessel and
the simulation systems that they are
modernising.
with the finished dealing with a DC incident.
The CTU facility is open and ready for
product being almost The new trainer allows the user to all members of the Navy to come and
interface with the same Internal hone their DC skills in a supportive
unrecognisable from Propulsion Management System environment with world-class facilities
its original state. (IPMS) and integrated Battle Damage
Control System (BDCS) state boards
and instruction.
The CTU upgrade is part of the
as found on the Anzac frigates. These
MSR project, headed by the Naval
systems allow the user to practise
Simulation manager Kevin Heveldt and
the same DC management scenarios
his MSR team, Lieutenant Commander
taught on board ship, albeit now
Nick Davey and Karl Vetter.
without the remainder of the ships’
company having to participate. “So whether you want to practise your
voice commands over a piping system,
become a master of the BDCS, or
advance your task-book and become
Above: Floor to ceiling photographs
endorsed in DC, book yourself in and
of bulkheads, plus simulated
machinery noise, presents a realistic come on down,” says Mr Vetter.
package to trainees.
20 | Navy Today #260East Timor
Medal
Twenty years ago In the nineties East Timor, occupied
by Indonesia since 1975, began
The operation involved 540 sailors
and officers. A year later, on 28 March
Chief Petty Officer moves towards self-determination. 2001, CPOEWS Gatley was one of
After an August 1999 referendum in around eight people chosen to attend
Electronic Warfare favour of independence, the people a special service at Parliament to
Specialist Greg of East Timor were terrorized by the
Indonesian militia, which went on a
receive the new East Timor Medal from
the Prime Minister. “There were Army,
Gatley was the rampage of killing and destruction. Air Force, Navy, Police and Customs.”
Later that same year, the people of the
first person in the Under the auspices of the UN, the
country now known as Timor Leste
International Force East Timor
Navy to receive the (INTERFET), an Australian-led
voted in their first election, organised
by the United Nations.
new East Timor International Force, was inserted into
East Timor on 20 September 1999 He says a lot of his Navy career has
Medal, presented to bring order and stability to the been about being in the right place at
territory. the right time. After two years playing
to him by Prime CANTERBURY was assigned to
cricket as a teenager in England, he
Minister Helen relieve HMNZS TE KAHA, who had
cut his hair and joined as a 19-year-
old, looking for a new challenge.
Clark. He talks to been diverted from a Five Powers
Defence Arrangements exercise to
He served an unusually long time in
CANTERBURY (five years), which
Navy Today about help cover the initial amphibious and
included Persian Gulf and Bougainville
air landing intervention. CANTERBURY
the deployment. would cover the arrival and landing
deployments, then did two more
deployments to the Persian Gulf in
of the New Zealand battalion at Suai
2003 and 2004 in HMNZS TE MANA.
We were going into the unknown, during October. HMNZS ENDEAVOUR
In 2005, he was in TE MANA when
says CPOEWS Greg Gatley. He was also in the vicinity, supplying fuel
the Navy conducted its first-ever
had been posted to frigate HMNZS to the operation.
visit to Russia. He remembers being
CANTERBURY since 1995 and he
“We were at Action Stations a lot of alongside a huge Russian cruiser and
remembers the ship leaving Auckland
the time,” he says. “Our first job was a truck dropping off a frozen horse
in September 1999, with most of the
conducting patrols, and we were carcass for the Russian ship’s stores.
crew not aware of what they were
overflown by Indonesian Hawk jets.
heading for. He recalls a media leak, Today, he’s the Basic Branch Trainees’
Indonesian ships would hang around,
suggesting they were heading for East coxswain and working through his
just to show they were there, and
Timor, and they were briefed on the Warrant Officer Development Course.
check up on what we were doing.”
way there.
“I haven’t been to sea since 2010.”
CPOEWS Gatley got to go ashore.
“I was young, 22, 23, and that’s what East Timor was a long time ago, he
“I remember when we came in, there
we had joined to do. At the end of the says, but it did make you realise how
were still fires burning, and when we
day, you’re posted to a ship, you get on lucky you are to live in New Zealand.
got ashore, we saw villages had been
and do it.”
burnt out. That was a bit of a shock.
We met some of the locals, but a lot of
them had fled. It took them a while to
come back.”
Navy Today #260 | 21Our Man in
London
In our series on our in the sober Whitehall-styled façade of
No 1 Pall Mall East, Kinnaird House.
International Defence Engagement
Strategy, in order to pursue the Navy’s
Naval personnel in CDR Masters represents New Zealand
interests in the United Kingdom and
Europe. “As a result I liaise with peers
diplomatic posts, Defence, including the New Zealand
Defence Force and Ministry of
in both Germany and the Netherlands
we check in with Defence, as well as the Royal
and represent the NZDF across these
nations.” He ensures oversight of
Commander Tony New Zealand Navy’s interests in the
United Kingdom. He also looks after
visiting personnel within Europe, and
attends a number of service memorials
Masters, Naval the NZDF’s interests in Germany and
in the Netherlands and Germany.
the Netherlands. His fellow service
Adviser in London. Advisers are allocated Ireland, Italy Time management is the most
and Turkey. challenging aspect. “Some months
For many, the New Zealand High are extremely busy. Making time
He is posted with his wife and
Commission in London was the ugly across the various engagements when
family, including two children, and
square building on the Haymarket, travelling by plane, train or automobile
accommodated within an hour’s drive
which commanded stunning views over to ensure you have time for your own
of the High Commission.
St James’s Park and the surrounds of well-being is essential but certainly a
Whitehall. But in fact Commander Tony Day-to-day, he has to be conversant challenge at times.”
Masters has just moved across the with NZDF and single-service strategic
road, with the Commission now housed direction and policy, as well as the
22 | Navy Today #260NAVAL ADVISER IN LONDON
Then there are the people who post He can’t tell us his most strategic looked after and we were suitably
in and out of the United Kingdom and meetings, for security reasons, but protected was a challenge. At the
Europe. “I endeavour to get to all the one of the most memorable for him height of the pandemic the United
naval bases and establishments to was the United Nations preparatory Kingdom was experiencing 69,000
see the personnel posted to them – Conference on Peacekeeping. He was cases a day. In comparison we are
although COVID-19 precautions have invited, on behalf of New Zealand, now only experiencing 30,000 cases
prevented some aspects of this. The to be the closing speaker. daily and approximately 112 deaths a
office team facilitate everyone’s claims, day in comparison to the 1,650 odd
As an attaché, he is formally
well-being support, movements and deaths a day at the peak. Home-
accredited to the Court of St James.
transport. Those posted to the United schooling and time management
“I have had the pleasure of attending
Kingdom are made well aware of the within the confines of the house for 9–
events at Buckingham Palace and
services and support available.” 12 months had its ups and downs, but
other exceptional locations.”
at present schooling has re-opened
For more significant support, CDR
COVID-19 in the United Kingdom was and life is nearly back to normal.”
Masters is effectively everyone’s
and still is challenging. “Initially the
Divisional Officer, regardless of rank. The most enjoyable part of the job is
relocation and repatriation of RNZN
“I’m the first port of call for assistance the colleagues and acquaintances he
personnel was a considerable effort,
while they are posted to the United has met. “Many of them I now consider
and then subsequent to that, the
Kingdom or within Germany and the close friends.”
lengthy restrictions and hurdles to
Netherlands.”
ensure personnel were adequately
Navy Today #260 | 23Engineering
Training Reform
The Journey
CURRENT STATE • Infrastructure and resource Electrical Service Technician (EST)
constraints; and licence.
The Royal New Zealand Navy are
reintroducing to service HMNZ • Staffing constraints, gapped military Note: There is an 18-month experiential
Ships TE KAHA and TE MANA after and civilian positions. element required before applying for
the FSU project and progressively SOLUTION registration as an Electrical Service
releasing capability of HMNZ Ships Technician with the EWRB.
MANAWANUI and AOTEAROA. This The evidence gathered by the project
team was thoroughly analysed, The trainee will then complete naval
represents a significant modernisation
which facilitated meetings with safety systems and naval fundamental
of the systems and equipment of the
multiple stakeholders and external systems familiarisation required for
Naval Engineering Enterprise.
organisations. These meetings ME or WE categorisation before
The RNZN’s technical training model culminated in a road map that will graduating ‘Tranche 1’ training.
was last reviewed approximately refresh and optimise RNZN technician WHAT’S NEXT
12 years ago. During this time, only training and qualifications.
minor adjustments have been made. Tranche Two will see the
However, the overarching model has The project team engaged multiple development of:
not kept pace with the rapidly changing industry training providers, including
universities. Our current relationships • A Talent Management Cell (TMC)
landscape of regulatory compliance
with ‘SKILLS consulting group’ and that monitors individuals’ progress,
and the Naval Engineering System.
‘Competenz Trust’ meant they were develops training plans and liaises
ENGINEERING TRAINING REVIEW better positioned to meet our training with the fleet for opportunities to
needs. New addendums have been advance targeted training. The TMC
The ETR project team was established
signed to facilitate joint partnerships will also advise Career Management
in late 2019 to review the entire
with E-TEC and Manukau Institute of on course demand.
engineering training system up to Petty
Officer. Due to the sheer magnitude Technology to provide industry training • A Record of Learning (RoL) to
and complexity of the project, it has to our RNZN technicians. stand as the one source of truth
been broken down into tranches. The importance of NZDF’s strategy and standardise progress reporting
of ‘having the required people by across the fleet. This will be
Tranche One
2025’ (and retaining them) recognises managed by the TMC.
• BBT ‘Orientation phase’: pilot the importance of RNZN engineers
product to be delivered – Jan 2022. • Further partnership with Industry
attaining technical qualifications Training Organisations (ITO) in
Tranche Two throughout their careers. A skilled developing OJT, remote learning
and diversified knowledge base will and assessment modules to
• On Job Training (OJT) ‘Build Phase’.
be developed within the engineering leverage the work conducted
• Leading Hand Professional courses community with flexibility of within fleet units to establish the
‘Advance Phase’. qualification(s) and pathways to higher ‘advance phase’.
engineering learning. This was highly
Tranche Three
desirable by the ETR Project Board. • Finalisation and moderation of the
• Petty Officer Professional learning objectives (LO) required to
courses, ‘SME’. THE TRAINING PIPELINE fulfil our young engineers’ level four
PROBLEM/HISTORY As an ME or WE Engineering NZ certificates.
Technician, the learner will complete Tranche Three will see:
Extensive research by the ETR project the core technical disciplines of
team identified vital constraints and electro-technology and maintenance Development of pathways toward
inefficiencies created by: fitting through a combination of attaining diploma level NZQA
• The degradation of the engineering theory and outsourced practical qualifications as part of the Petty
training system over time; courses within the first year of service. Officer professional course.
• Changes in the regulatory and Successful completion will result in the
compliance environment; award of a level three New Zealand
Certificate in Electro-technology
• Training bottlenecks;
(Service strand) and completion of the
• How technicians are employed (by theory and exams toward the EWRB
rank) across various platforms;
24 | Navy Today #260ENGINEERING TRAINING
Our Ready to What’s
Mission Deliver Changed
To establish an agile The ETR has developed a • New Zealand Certificate Level 3 in
training system capable new BBT training system Electrotechnology.
of generating the required that will begin in January. • Electrical Service Technician exams
completed, only hours needed to
engineering workforce in gain EST license and registration.
support of our Navy. • Approximately 20% online learning.
ELECTRICAL SERVICE
TECHNICIAN • Reduced length of training.
• Predominantly outsourced.
Outsourced to ETEC
Level 3 Electrotechnology
Partially Online
26 WEEKS
What’s
SAFE TECHNICIAN
Outsourced to Competenz/MIT
Next
Safe Tecnician
Partially Online • Leading Hand Course and
Qualifications.
10 WEEKS
• Electronic Record of Learning.
• Workplace Based Learning.
NAVAL SYSTEMS
• Talent Management Cell.
Height Safety/Confined Spaces/
Approved Filler
4 WEEKS
WE SPECIFIC ME SPECIFIC
5 WEEKS 5 WEEKS
COMPLIANT QUALIFIED
TECHNICIAN
Navy Today #260 | 25Leading Weapon Technician Isaac Inwood-Reardon 26 | Navy Today #260
PHOTOGRAPHY
Capturing
the moment
Photography enthusiast Leading Weapon
Technician Isaac Inwood-Reardon, 24, from
Nelson, has covered a lot of the Pacific with
his Nikon DSLR while serving with HMNZS
TE KAHA. He talks to Navy Today about his
passion for capturing ‘life’ at sea.
His day job is maintaining, repairing
and operating the Mark 45 5-inch main
gun on HMNZS TE KAHA. He services
the variety of small arms, such as the
MARS-L rifle, Benelli shotguns, Glock
pistols and the .50 calibre machine
guns. But when time and duties permit,
LWT Inwood-Reardon captures the
‘moments’, both with TE KAHA’s
operations and the life aboard an
Anzac frigate.
For his current deployment, Operation
Crucible, LWT Inwood-Reardon
has packed a Nikon D500 with a
70–200mm F/2.8 lens, 17–50mm F/2.8
lens and a 35mm F/1.8. He also carries
a hot shoe external flash but it doesn’t
get much use – he prefers natural light
with his work.
“I really got into photography when
I was 13. We had a project to make He’s upgraded over time, getting his
a website that included perspective first proper DSLR camera the year he
photography from images taken joined the Royal New Zealand Navy
around the school. My project partner in 2015, and has built up an arsenal of
would stand in front of the camera and lenses and equipment.
I would move back to make him look
LWT Inwood-Reardon has usually
like he was as tall as the classrooms,
been fairly private about his hobby,
‘destroying’ them. It showed me things
doing it largely for himself. It has only
I had never thought or known about
been recently – largely due to crew
cameras, and how to make images
enthusiasm for his efforts – that he
look more interesting than just taking a
has become TE KAHA’s unofficial
square-on photo of someone.”
‘paparazzi’.
His first camera was a Panasonic
“I’ve always taken photos at sea, but
Lumix FZ-100. “I taught myself, and
I just showed them to friends and
watched videos on how to expose
family when I got home. But with this
shots, manually adjust apertures,
deployment, I had been capturing a
ISO and shutter speeds, taking long
lot of events, and the photos have
exposures using tripods. I really
gathered a lot more attention from
started to love figuring out what I can
crew and command. It’s become
do with light and a camera.”
well-known that I take a lot of photos!”
Navy Today #260 | 27He recently documented a “Crossing the Line” ceremony, and the photos were distributed throughout the Ship’s Company. “A lot of people look forward to the images, and it is quite rewarding hearing the feedback from Ship’s Company and the wider community the ship releases them to – including Navy Today! People photography was something I never used to enjoy because there is always pressure and feedback, but now I really enjoy it as the reaction is positive and the pressure is just what I put on myself.” Photography at sea can be tricky. “Sunlight on the ocean is very harsh, there is a lot of excess light reflecting off the ocean. While this makes it very hard to expose shots, it also reflects the light up onto people and faces, lighting them up and reducing shadows. It’s even better when it’s an overcast day and the light is being diffused by the clouds making a nice, even and flat light. You generally have to under-expose shots while at sea due to the excess light, only to then lighten them up later in post processing. This creates very nice photos, generally blowing out the sky/ background, but allowing the subject to remain nicely exposed. While I own an external flash, it is very rarely used, as natural lighting is a lot more flattering if you can make it work.” The ship’s constant movement is another factor. “One minute you find the right angle to take the shot where the sun is right, next minute the ship has turned and you’re now shooting silhouettes directly into the sun and have to manually adjust your settings and position.” He’s gone through many phases of photographic style, and ‘wow’ moments come with practice. 28 | Navy Today #260
COMMAND TASK FORCE 150
“I love experimenting and taking
photos of just about anything.
It’s gets me out and about and
doing things, especially when I’m
travelling. I’m constantly looking
up places I can explore, to take
photographs in foreign settings.
Sometimes the photos I don’t
expect to be good, end up being my
favourites and ‘wow’ me!”
Navy Today #260 | 29H M N Z S R O Y A L I S T 30 | Navy Today #260
OUR HISTORY
H M N Z S R O Y A L I S T
ROYALIST IN PRINT
Royalist
in print
During her final voyage in 1965, Dido-class cruiser HMNZS ROYALIST
produced a souvenir newsletter outlining her adventures – including
her ignominious total engine failure in the Coral Sea in November.
The dates of the newsletter are not
clear, but appear to cover an 11-month
period – tied up and at sea – from
December 1964 and up to and including
the engine failure on 1 November
1965. The deployment action seems
to start properly in March, leading with
refresher training with the US Navy’s
Fleet Training Group in Pearl Harbor.
A good idea of the itinerary is provided
via the ship’s ‘Māori Haka Group’, who
put on multiple performances in Pearl
Harbor. Guam, Hong Kong, Bangkok and
Singapore during her deployment. The
first performance is always at the ‘Official
Cocktail Party’. Six performances were
carried out at Pearl Harbor, with one of
them being televised.
During the deployment ROYALIST
boasted a Medical and Dental
Department, capable of carrying out
x-rays and minor surgery (including the
removal of a hernia and two appendices).
They also dispensed 150,000 salt
tablets. The dentist and his team saw
1,404 patients, filling 1,265 teeth and
extracting 145 teeth.
Near the end of her tour the ship
departed Singapore for New Zealand
on 21 October 1965. According to the
Navy Museum’s history, she suffered
a total engine failure on her passage
from Manus Island to Suva, in the
Coral Sea. She had serious salt-water
contamination of her condenser feed-
water, and badly damaged aft boilers
and evaporators, a condition known to
engineers as ‘condenseritis’. She was
taken under tow by Royal Navy survey
vessel HMS DAMPIER and later by
Brisbane tug CARLOCK.
‘There is no short term solution’, said
the Captain to the Ship’s Company.
Navy Today #260 | 31H M N Z S R O Y A L I S T
BY THE
NUMBERS:
143 DAYS AT SEA PERSONNEL ON BOARD POTATOES CONSUMED
192 DAYS IN HARBOR 533 140,138 POUNDS
142 MAIL BAGS (AIR) PAINT USED BEER DRUNK (WHILE IN PORT)
AND 98 BAGS (SEA) 2,348 GALLONS 137,509 CANS
DISTANCE COVERED CIGARETTES SMOKED SOAP USED
41,985.7nm 2,390,000 12,875 CAKES
ROUNDS FIRED PUNISHMENT PERFORMANCE UNDERWAY
3,806 ROUNDS 1,189 DAYS OF ‘NO. 9’ PUNISHMENT 0.0117 MILES TO
OF 5.25 INCH AMMUNITION
AND 1,359 DAYS OF DETENTION THE GALLON (62 FEET)
Facing the prospect of a slow trip home,
the ‘Krippled Kruiser’ entertainment
committee fired up. “Shaving became
optional,” said the newsletter, leading to
a beard-growing contest. Other forms
of entertainment included: ukkers and
crib tournaments, a fishing contest,
marksmanship contest, deck tennis, a
six-hole golf course, a ship’s concert, a
‘Miss’ Royalist 1965 contest, a community
sing-along and a sweepstake as to when
CARLOCK would arrive.
In pursuit of the ‘Krippled Kruiser Kup’
(which swapped hands many times),
there were seemingly no limits to
imagination. How long can a man hold
eight messmates off the deck for? How
many dry biscuits can be consumed in
a relay? Is a beer boat race with straws
even possible?
By 12 November ROYALIST had
carried out sufficient repairs to slip her
tow and proceed to Auckland under
her own power, escorted by HMNZS
LACHLAN. She arrived on 17 November.
Her engineering officer, Commander
Simmonds, was sent before a court
martial but was acquitted.
ROYALIST spent her last months as
an alongside training ship. She was
decommissioned on 4 July 1966 and
scrapped in Japan in 1968.
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