HDML 1188

Everett, Washington, USA 5/43

Known Crew

  • TLt P C Stannard RNZNVR TLt 21/8/42 80th ML Flotilla ML 410 Commanding Officer HDML 1188 15/5/43- 7/45 HMNZS Killegray (Trawler)
  • TLt A N Burt RNZNVR TLt 27/2/43 HMS Philoctetes II (Freetown, Sierra Leone) HDML 1188 24/4/44
  • TSLt F W T Rooke RNZNVR TSLt 1/2/43 First Lieutenant HDML 1188 22/5/43 80th ML Flotilla ML 410 Tronda
  • TSLt G B Brown RNZNVR HDML 1188 26/1/44 TSLt 29/9/44 HMS Pembroke

Wartime Activities

  • Royal New Zealand Navy
  • 124th ML Flotilla
  • 125th ML Flotilla
  • Based at Wellington
  • 3/45 Deployment to Manus Island cancelled
  • 7/45 Based HMS Cook, Wellington

Post War Fate

  • 10/45 Paid off
  • 1948 SDML
  • 1949 Refitted for survey duties
  • 1950 P 3556A
  • 1955 = Philomel
  • 21/7/55 = Takupu
  • 11/79 Paid off from surveying. HMNZS Kahawai (ii). Painted black, fitted with radar, assigned to RNZNVR Division in Dunedin
  • 10/83 Withdrawn from service
  • 1984 Sold for charter cruises in Whakatane.
  • 2017 Operating as charter boat in Fiordland, South Island, New Zealand

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