List of ships of the Royal New Zealand Navy


Sortable list of commissioned vessels of the Royal New Zealand Navy from its formation on 1 October 1941 to the present. It does not include vessels of the New Zealand Division or New Zealand Naval Forces or earlier vessels up to 1913.
imageNamePntTypeClassComDecomFate/Notes
C70CruiserLeander class19411946Sold to the Indian Navy and renamed INS Delhi
K385Corvette19441948Scrapped in 1951
K403Corvette19441948Scrapped in 1951
HMNZS ArohaT24Minesweeper19431945Served at Auckland
HMNZS AwatereT25Minesweeper19431943Served at Wellington
C63Cruiser19461956Scrapped in 1959
F77Frigate19661971Returned to RN. Sold for breaking up in 1978
C81Cruiser19461961Returned to Royal Navy
T02MinesweeperConverted merchant boat19421944
F421Frigate19712005Scuttled as a dive wreck November 2007
L421Multi-role vessel 2007current
A02Logistics support 19951998Sold to Contenemar and renamed Don Carlos
HMNZS CoastguardT12DanlayerConverted trawler19411960Functioned as a stores ship between 1945-1960
HMNZS Cook IINaval base 19431944Solomon Islands. See HMNZS Kahu.
HMNZS DuchessT07Minesweeper
Examination
Liberty launch		Converted merchant boat1941
1942
1945		1941
1944
1946		Abandoned on Rangitoto Island
M252Corvette19521967
Antarctic support 19561962
A184Antarctic support 19621971Leased from USA
A11Fleet tanker 19882017Beached in Alang for scrapping
HMNZS FuturistT12MinesweeperConverted trawler19411944Functioned as a boom gate vessel 1944
T04MinesweeperConverted merchant boat19411944
C48Cruiser19431946Returned to RN. Sold to be broken up 1968
HMNZS HautapuT26Minesweeper19431947Served in Lytteton
F422Frigate19481965
P3567Inshore patrol19751990
P3567Inshore patrolProtector class2008current
HMNZS HaweaT16MinesweeperConverted merchant boat19411945Functioned as supply ship in 1945.
M1131Minesweeper19651966
HMNZS HinauT17Minesweeper19421945LL Flotilla
P3556Inshore patrol19852007Sold to private ownership and renamed Flightless.
HMNZS HumphreyT12MinesweeperConverted trawler19411944
HMNZS InchkeithT155Minesweeper19411946
M233Corvette19521976Training and fisheries patrols
Naval base 19431993Naval radio station at Waiouru
HMNZS James CosgroveT10Minesweeper19411944
A04Inshore patrol19782009Training vessel, backup diving tender, sold for use as a pleasure craft in February 2010.
HMNZS KaiwakaT14DanlayerConverted merchant boat19411945
F426Frigate19481967
HMNZS KapuniT15MinesweeperConverted trawler19411945Functioned as supply ship 1945
M353Corvette19521979
HMNZS KillegrayT174Minesweeper19411946
T102Minesweeper1941
1948
1951		1946
1949
1956		AS MS
Training ship
Training ship
P3554Inshore patrol19832007
K364Survey ship 19491974Converted WWII
C75CruiserLeander class19411948Served in the New Zealand Division 1937-1941. Returned to RN in 1945
HMNZS MaimaiT27Minesweeper19431946Served at Wellington
Dockyard tug
Diving tender		1948
1953		1952
1978
HMNZS ManawanuiA09Diving tender 19791988Renamed
A09Diving tender 19882018Sold to Major Projects Foundation and renamed MV Recovery
HMNZS ManukaT19Minesweeper19421945LL Flotilla
T01MinesweeperConverted merchant boat19411946Functioned as transport ship 1945-1946.
T233Minesweeper19411943Sunk 7 April 1943
P3553Inshore patrolInshore patrol19842007
F59Armed merchant cruiser 19411943
A06Hydrographic survey 19771997Former Pacific Island ferry Moana Roa
HMNZS MuritaiT05MinesweeperConverted merchant boat19411946Functioned as training and cable-lifting ship 1945-1946.
HMNZS Nora NivenT23DanlayerConverted trawler19411944
F111Frigate19601983
P148Offshore patrolProtector class2008current
HMNZS PahauT28Minesweeper19441945Served in Wellington
Naval base 1941currentDevonport. Main RNZN Logistics and Training Base. Previously in the New Zealand Division, 1921–1941
HMNZS PhyllisT22DanlayerConverted trawler19431944
F424Frigate19481966
P3568Inshore patrol19751999
P3568Inshore patrolProtector class2008current
HMNZS PuririT02MinesweeperConverted merchant boat19411941Sunk 14 May 1941
Q 400Q 400Motor launchFairmile B class19431945Suffered engine room fire and explosion.
Q 401Q 401Motor launchFairmile B class19431945
Q 402Q 402Motor launchFairmile B class19431945
Q 403Q 403Motor launchFairmile B class19431945
Q 404Q 404Motor launchFairmile B class19431945
Q 405Q 405Motor launchFairmile B class19431945
Q 406Q 406Motor launchFairmile B class19431945
Q 407Q 407Motor launchFairmile B class19431945
Q 408Q 408Motor launchFairmile B class19431945
Q 409Q 409Motor launchFairmile B class1943
1953		1945
1963		Recommissioned from 1953 to 1963 as. In 1963 became the Auckland ferry Iris Moana.
Q 410Q 410Motor launchFairmile B class19431945
Q 411Q 411Motor launchFairmile B class1943
1947		1945
1965		Recommissioned from 1947 to 1965 as. The photo shows her post war on the Waitemata Harbour.
Q1183Q1183Motor launchHDML class194319451950 renamed Mako
Q1184Q1184Motor launchHDML class194319451950 renamed Paea
Undergoing private restoration
Q1185Q1185Motor launchHDML class194319451950 renamed Manga
Q1186Q1186Motor launchHDML class19431945
Q1187Q1187Motor launchHDML class194319451950 renamed Tarapunga I
Q1188Q1188Motor launchHDML class194319451950 renamed Takapu I
Q1189Q1189Motor launchHDML class19431945
Q1190Q1190Motor launchHDML class194319671950 renamed Parore
Q1191Q1191Motor launchHDML class194319661950 renamed Kahawai I
Q1192Q1192Motor launchHDML class194319671950 renamed Maroro
Q1193Q1193Motor launchHDML class194319451950 renamed Tamure
Q1194Q1194Motor launchHDML class194319671950 renamed Ngapona I
Q1348Q1348Motor launchHDML class194319671950 renamed Kuparu
Q1349Q1349Motor launchHDML class194419641950 renamed Haku
Q1350Q1350Motor launchHDML class194419671950 renamed Koura
Q1351Q1351Motor launchHDML class19441945
HMNZS RataT03MinesweeperConverted merchant boat19411943
A14Survey and research 19972012Decommissioned and sold to EGS Group
HMNZS RimuT18Minesweeper19421945LL Flotilla
F425Frigate19481967
P3569Inshore patrol19751999
P3569Inshore patrolProtector class2008current
C89Cruiser19561966
HMNZS SandaT160Minesweeper19411946
M1178Minesweeper19651966
HMNZS ScarbaT175Minesweeper19411946
HMNZS South SeaT22MinesweeperConverted trawler19411942Sunk 19 December 1942
F104Frigate19831995
M348Corvette19521968
HMNZS TamakiNaval base 19412000Training base, now part of HMNZS Philomel
Inshore survey19802000
F148Frigate19611982
Inshore survey19802000Sold for private use.
HMNZS TasmanNaval base 19441955Lyttelton
F423Frigate19481962
P3570Inshore patrol19751990
P3570Inshore patrol2008current
F77Frigate1997current
F111Frigate1999current
HMNZS Thomas CurrellT11MinesweeperConverted trawler19411944Currently beached and deteriorating on the coast of Chatham Island
T234Minesweeper1941
1952
1956		1946
1955
1967		AS MS
Training ship
Research ship, replaced by HMNZS Tui in 1970
A2/A05Oceangraphic researchRobert D. Conrad-class19701997Scuttled as a dive wreck in 1997
F420Frigate19481951
HMNZS VitiT?MinesweeperConverted merchant boat19411945
HMNZS WaihoT34Minesweeper19441946Served in Auckland
F55Frigate19651998Sunk November 2000
HMNZS WaimaT33Minesweeper19441946Served in Lytteton
HMNZS WaipuT32Minesweeper19431946Served in Auckland
HMNZS WakefieldNaval base1948currentAdministrative base for Wellington. Was named Philomel II until 1954.
P3555Inshore patrol19852007As of 2013 HMNZS Wakakura remains tied up at Wellington's Queen's Wharf
T00Minesweeper19411945Served in the New Zealand Division, 1926-1941
F69Frigate19822000Sunk in Wellington in 2005
P55Offshore patrol2007current