by Matthew Wright | Feb 19, 2025 | History Article
It is not often that previously unknown photos of HMS Hood are discovered. A set were found recently in a New Zealand archive, and are reproduced here for the first time on a naval website. The quality is typical of the day: the slightly blurred imagery typical of the...
by Matthew Wright | Sep 26, 2023 | History Article
In November 1923 a British squadron led by HMS Hood embarked on a world tour that took in key elements of Britain’s far-flung Empire and a range of Britain’s main trading partners. It was in many respects a repeat of the 1913 world tour by HMS New Zealand,[1]...
by Matthew Wright | Jul 21, 2023 | History Article
A range of pictures of British battlecruisers in New Zealand waters during the inter-war period have been doing the rounds on social media. Most were taken by professional or semi-pro photographers using high-end equipment of the day. However, the identity of the...
by Matthew Wright | Mar 12, 2022 | History Article
One of the many mythologies surrounding the battlecruiser HMS New Zealand – the gift that the New Zealand government made to Britain in April 1909 – is that she was unaffordable. According to legend, New Zealand was too small to afford her, had no money and the ship...
by Blair Shaw EMLog MInsTA CMILT MSOE | Jun 6, 2021 | History Article
Commerce raiding has been employed for many centuries by various nations in the hope of denying the enemy vital supplies. During World War one and two the German U boats became arguably the most famous commerce raiders of all time, their tenacity and vigor twice...
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