The Royal New Zealand Navy
Contents
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Contents
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FOREWORD | vii | |
PREFACE | ix | |
Part I: ROYAL NEW ZEALAND NAVY | 1 | |
1 | GENESIS OF ROYAL NEW ZEALAND NAVY | 3 |
2 | OUTBREAK OF WAR: CRUISE OF HMS ACHILLES | 15 |
3 | THE SEARCH FOR THE ADMIRAL GRAF SPEE | 28 |
4 | THE BATTLE OF THE RIVER PLATE | 45 |
5 | THE DESTRUCTION OF THE ADMIRAI GRAF SPEE | 61 |
6 | THE CRUISE OF THE LEANDER | 75 |
7 | HUNTING RAIDERS IN THE INDIAN OCEAN | 93 |
8 | OPERATIONS OFF THE COAST OF SYRIA | 110 |
9 | RAIDER IN NEW ZEALAND WATERS | 117 |
10 | CRUISES OF THE ORION AND KOMET | 134 |
11 | PROTECTION OF SHIPPING | 150 |
12 | MINESWEEPING IN NEW ZEALAND WATERS | 167 |
13 | THE LOSS OF HMS NEPTUNE | 188 |
14 | ANTI-SUBMARINE POLICY | 195 |
15 | ANTI-INVASION MINE DEFENCES | 223 |
16 | THE AGGRESSIONS OF JAPAN | 238 |
17 | PERIL IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC | 253 |
18 | THE MINESWEEPING FLOTILLAS | 266 |
19 | TURN OF THE TIDE IN THE PACIFIC | 279 |
20 | THE STRUGGLE FOR GUADALCANAL | 291 |
21 | BATTLES FOR THE SOLOMONS | 311 |
22 | THE TIDE OF VICTORY | 336 |
23 | THE NEW ZEALAND CRUISERS | 350 |
24 | WITH THE BRITISH PACIFIC FLEET | 367 |
25 | THE SURRENDER OF JAPAN | 390 |
Part II: ORGANISATION AND ADMINISTRATION | 409 | |
26 | RECRUITING AND TRAINING | 411 |
27 | ORGANISATION OF NAVAL STAFF | 435 |
28 | DEVELOPMENT OF RADAR | 450 page xii |
Part III: NEW ZEALANDERS IN THE ROYAL NAVY | 465 | |
29 | NEW ZEALANDERS IN THE ROYAL NAVY | 467 |
APPENDICES: | ||
I | The First New Zealand Navy | 522 |
II | Record of HMS Leander | 531 |
III | Record of HMS Achilles | 533 |
IV | Prisoners of War and Parole | 534 |
V | Execution by Japanese of Fleet Air Arm Officers | 537 |
VI | Members of New Zealand Naval Board | 539 |
VII | Record of HMS New Zealand | 541 |
VIII | Record of HMNZS Philomel | 544 |
IX | New Zealand Training Ship Amokura | 547 |
Bibliography | 551 |