HMNZS Tamure

Wgtn_ May 1969

Flotilla of small ships against the backdrop of Rangitoto welcoming the arrival of the Chilean Navy training ship Esmeralda to Auckland. HMNZS Ngapona P3555 (later renamed Tamure) bottom left, the Stanley Bay ferry launch Aotearoa II top left, and the stern of the Navy tug Arataki extreme right.

Attribution

acknowledge Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 

152800010

https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/90662/

In 1955 one of the RNZN’s SDMLs P3555 (HMNZS Tamure) was made available to the Fiji Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (FRNVR) and was renamed HMFS Viti until 1959 when the Reserve went into recess. During her passage to and from Fiji she was accompanied by one of the Loch-class frigates.