HMS New Zealand was one of three Indefatigable-class battlecruisers. Launched in 1911, the ship was funded by the government of New Zealand as a gift to Britain, [1] and she was commissioned into the Royal Navy in 1912.

HMS New Zealand (1911) was an Indefatigable-class battlecruiser paid for by the Dominion of New Zealand and launched in 1911. She served during the First World War and was sold in 1922. HMS New Zealand (D43) was to have been a Malta -class aircraft carrier .

HMS New Zealand was an Indefatigable Class Battle Cruiser that served at all three major naval battles of the First World War.

2021年10月17日 · One was that HMS New Zealand was the first major warship of the dreadnought era to circumnavigate the globe, in 1913-14. The journey was fascinating – a deliberate public-relations tour in which the real focus wasn’t thanking New Zealand for the gift, but currying favour around South America.

HMS New Zealand was laid down on 20 June 1910 as a unit of the indefatigable class, as was HMAS Australia. Together with the name ship of the class, they were an improved version of the first class of battlecruisers, the Invincible class.

The Royal Navy battlecruiser HMS New Zealand arrived in Wellington to begin a 10-week tour during which half a million New Zealanders inspected the vessel.

2009年3月20日 · HMS New Zealand was an awesome sight; one visitor described it as ‘a monstrous vessel … – a grim and formidable fighting machine.’ But this monstrous vessel had a monstrous price tag – the equivalent of $231 million.

2021年11月16日 · HMS New Zealand is arguably the most famous ship ever to serve the country, even though it was under Royal Navy colours. It has hitherto featured only in general naval histories, so this classy hardback fills in an often-overlooked chapter in the nation’s story.

New Zealand had no real navy of its own during the First World War. The outdated cruiser HMS Philomel, the country's first warship, reverted to Royal Navy command on the outbreak of the conflict and served without great incident in the Pacific, Red Sea and Mediterranean.

In the early pre-dawn hours of Tuesday 13 May 1913, having braved a fierce southerly gale, the battlecruiser HMS New Zealand laid anchor off Camp Bay in Whakaraupō Lyttelton Harbour.