551. SEA CRUSADER (1996/23986grt/IMO 9125372. Renamed CELESTINE) a strategic sea lift ship joined the Royal Navy in 1996 as RFA SEA CRUSADER, under charter from her owners Cobelfret Ferries. She was handed... Date: 1999 Image ID 1216
552. SEA CRUSADER (1996/23986grt/IMO 9125372. Renamed CELESTINE) berthed at Southampton, England. The strategic sea lift ship joined the Royal Navy as RFA SEA CRUSADER in 1996 her charter from Cobelfret... Date: 1999 Image ID 1217
553. SEAHORSE SPIRIT (1980/2090grt) in Western Port Bay, Victoria, Australia. She is now used for training naval personal based at HMAS Cerberus training depot. Purchased in 1911, the facility was... Date: 9 February 2009 Image ID 5329
554. SHABAB OMAN II (2014/IMO 9667215), the Royal Navy of Oman's fully-rigged training ship (a three-masted square rigged clipper) arrives in Portsmouth, England.
Home-ported in Muscat, the 80m tall ship... Date: 16 August 2019 Image ID 13607
555. SHIPS MONTHLY WEBSITE - APRIL 2023 Date: 14 April 2023 Image ID 13001
556. SHIPS MONTHLY (UK) MAY 2008 - "Canterbury's Tales of Woe" Date: May 2008 Image ID 6341
557. SNS CANTABRIA (A15) a 19500grt replenishment oiler operated by the Spanish Navy to support the Spanish fleet. She was laid down in 2007 and commissioned in 2010. She is operating in Australian waters... Date: 18 February 2013 Image ID 8683
558. SPIRIT OF NEW ZEALAND (IMO 8975603) - the Spirit of Adventure Trust's training tall ship and the Chilean navy's tall ship ESMERALDA. Date: 19 November 2016 Image ID 10714
559. SPIRIT OF NEW ZEALAND (IMO 8975603- the Spirit of Adventure Trust's training tall ship with the Makassar-class Landing Platform Dock KRI BANDA ACEH (LPD593, left) and JDS TAKANAMI (DD110). Date: 19 November 2016 Image ID 10715
560. SPIRIT OF NEW ZEALAND (IMO 8975603)- the Spirit of Adventure Trust's training ship. Date: 19 November 2016 Image ID 10716
561. STAR PRINCESS (2002/108977grt/IMO 9192363. Renamed PACIFIC ENCOUNTER in January 2021. Renamed CARNIVAL ENCOUNTER in 2024.) outbound from Auckland, NZ after her second visit to the port, passes the... Date: 8 December 2003 Image ID 1702
562. SUN SURREY (1992/378grt/IMO 9019468. Renamed ADSTEAM SURREY, SVITZER SURREY and relocated to Southampton in 2006) assists the Royal Navy frigate HMS WESTMINSTER (F237) upriver from the Thames Barrier... Date: 1998 Image ID 2711
563. Don't you love a photobombing ferry? This time, Fullers 360's TAKAHE. I was hoping for a clean shot of inshore patrol vessel HMNZS TAUPO against TACOMA TRADER but.....
Yes there are in fact three... Date: 4 April 2022 Image ID 12545
564. TALITHA G (1929, ex:REVELER, CHALENA, CAROLA, USS BEAUMONT, ELPETAL, JEZEBEL) - owned by the late Sir John Paul Getty II, she is seen here at dawn berthed in Southampton, England. She is now owned by... Date: August 1999 Image ID 8885
565. TARAPUNGA (formerly the decommissioned RNZN Moa-class inshore patrol vessel HMNZS TARAPUNGA, sister to HMNZS TAKAPU) outbound from Auckland, bound for Vancouver, Canada and life as a private motor... Date: April 2004 Image ID 1228
566. TARAPUNGA (formerly the decommissioned RNZN Moa-class inshore patrol vessel HMNZS TARAPUNGA, sister to HMNZS TAKAPU) outbound from Auckland, bound for Vancouver, Canada and life as a private motor... Date: April 2004 Image ID 1229
567. The Cook Islands Police Guardian-class patrol boat TE KUKUPA II (IMO 4734245) arrived into Auckland’s Devonport Naval Base after a night at anchor in the Hauraki Gulf. She was on her way home after... Date: 31 March 2026 Image ID 14654
568. UNBRIDLED (2009) is 58.22m (191") aluminum yacht designed and built by Trinity Yachts in Gulfport, USA. She can accommodate up to 10 guests in 5 suites as well as up to 13 crew. At a cruising speed of... Date: 29 October 2012 Image ID 8250
569. USCG POLAR STAR (IMO 7367471) - Built in 1976, the 13,190gt US Coastguard icebreaker Polar Star arrived in Auckland direct from McMurdo Sound, Antarctica.
A maiden caller in the city, despite her... Date: 20 February 2024 Image ID 13394
570. USCG POLAR STAR (IMO 7367471) - Built in 1976, the 13,190gt US Coastguard icebreaker Polar Star arrived in Auckland direct from McMurdo Sound, Antarctica.
A maiden caller in the city, despite her... Date: 20 February 2024 Image ID 13393
571. USS HUE CITY (1990/9600-grt) a Ticonderoga-class cruiser seen berthed opposite the British fast fleet tanker RFA OLNA (A123, 1964/36027-grt) during a visit to Southampton, England. RFA OLNA has since... Date: 1997 Image ID 7916
572. USS INCHON (1969/19500-grt) the last of the Iwo Jima-class helicopter carriers built for the US Navy, berthing in Southampton, England.Decommissioned in June 2002. Date: 1997 Image ID 1219
573. USS INCHON (1969/19500-grt) the last of the Ixo Jima-class helicopter carriers built for the US Navy, berthing in Southampton, England. Decommissioned in June 2002. Date: 1997 Image ID 1220
574. USS INCHON (1969/19500-grt) the last of the Ixo Jima-class helicopter carriers built for the US Navy, berthing in Southampton, England. Decommissioned in June 2002. Date: 1997 Image ID 7917
575. USS INCHON (1969/19500-grt) the last of the Ixo Jima-class helicopter carriers built for the US Navy, berthing in Southampton, England. Decommissioned in June 2002. Date: 1997 Image ID 7918
576. USS INTREPID (CV11) - an Essex-class aircraft carrier of 27100 displacement tons (standard) which saw service in WWII and Vietnam. Built in Newport, Virginia she was launched in 1943 and... Date: 5 October 2008 Image ID 4913
577. USS JOHN S McCAIN (DDG56) - an Arleigh-Burke class destroyer of the US Navy's 7th fleet based at Yokosuka, Japan, departs Melbourne, Australia following her visit to the city to take part in the... Date: 29 August 2008 Image ID 4865
578. USS SAMPSON (DDG102) an Arleigh-Burke class destroyer sails into Auckland, New Zealand in the company of four other ships including HMNZS TE KAHA (F77).
It's the first time in 31 years a US warship... Date: 22 November 2016 Image ID 10632
579. USS SAMPSON (DDG102) an Arleigh-Burke class destroyer sails into Auckland, New Zealand leading the Canadian Halifax-class frigate HMCS VANCOUVER (FFH31) at right of picture and the Australian guided... Date: 22 November 2016 Image ID 10633
580. USS SAMPSON (DDG102) an Arleigh-Burke class destroyer, the first US Navy ship to visit New Zealand for over 30 years, slipped out from the Devonport Naval Base in Auckland shrouded in misty rain.... Date: 25 November 2016 Image ID 10636
581. USS SAMPSON (DDG102) an Arleigh-Burke class destroyer, the first US Navy ship to visit New Zealand for over 30 years, slipped out from the Devonport Naval Base in Auckland shrouded in misty rain.... Date: 25 November 2016 Image ID 10637
582. USS SAMPSON (DDG102) an Arleigh-Burke class destroyer, the first US Navy ship to visit New Zealand for over 30 years, slipped out from the Devonport Naval Base in Auckland shrouded in misty rain.... Date: 25 November 2016 Image ID 10639
583. USS SAMPSON (DDG102) an Arleigh-Burke class destroyer, the first US Navy ship to visit New Zealand for over 30 years, sails in to Auckland for a few days R&R after missing the recent Royal New Zealand... Date: 22 November 2016 Image ID 10773
584. USS SAMPSON (DDG102) an Arleigh-Burke class destroyer, the first US Navy ship to visit New Zealand for over 30 years, sails in to Auckland for a few days R&R after missing the recent Royal New Zealand... Date: 22 November 2016 Image ID 10774
585. USS SHOUP (DDG86) - an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer of the US Navy, seen here leaving Melbourne, Australia. Date: 7 March 2011 Image ID 6874
586. VOEA PANGAI (P202) - a patrol boat of the Tongan navy arrives in Auckland in breezy conditions to participate in Operation Neptune (a naval exercise involving ships, aircraft and personnel of many... Date: 8 November 2016 Image ID 10627
587. VOEA Pangai - a patrol launch of the Tongan navy. Date: 19 November 2016 Image ID 10723
588. VOYAGER OF THE SEAS (1999/137276grt/IMO 9161716) rounds North Head outbound from Auckland, en-route to Sydney, Australia. HMNZS TE KAHA and HMNZS TE MANA can be seen alongside at the Devonport Naval... Date: 2 January 2013 Image ID 8490
589. WAIRANGI designed by Wren Carey & built in 1934 by Andy Miller of Miller & Tunnage and a yacht crewed by anti-war activists. WAIRANGI spent some post-WWII years as a pilot launch in Lyttelton. Date: 19 November 2016 Image ID 10718
590. WAKATERE one of Ports of Auckland's pilot boats passes the Japanese destroyer JDS TAKANAMI (D110) during the Royal New Zealand Navy's 75th anniversary celebrations. WAKATERE is the first foil assisted... Date: 19 November 2016 Image ID 10730
591. WAKATERE one of Ports of Auckland's pilot boats passes the Indonesian Navy's KRI BANDA ACEH (LPD593), a Makassar-class Landing Platform Dock, during the Royal New Zealand Navy's 75th anniversary... Date: 19 November 2016 Image ID 10731
592. WARSHIPS INTERNATIONAL FLEET REVIEW, UK - Page 1 Date: June 2010 Image ID 6321
593. WARSHIPS INTERNATIONAL FLEET REVIEW, UK - Page 2 Date: June 2010 Image ID 6322
594. WARSHIPS INTERNATIONAL FLEET REVIEW, JANUARY 2011 Date: January 2011 Image ID 6641
595. WARSHIPS IFR (International Fleet Review) December 2011 Date: December 2011 Image ID 7269
596. WARSHIPS IRF (INTERNATIONAL FLEET REVIEW), Nov 2014. Date: November 2014 Image ID 9802
597. WARSHIPS IFR (INTERNATIONAL FLEET REVIEW) June 2023 Date: June 2023 Image ID 13103
598. WARSHIPS INTERNATIONAL FLEET REVIEW (IFR), March 2026 issue. Date: 18 March 2026 Image ID 14640
599. An Auckland water police patrol intercept a yacht crewed by anti-war protesters which infringed the exclusion zone around the anchored local and international warships. Date: 19 November 2016 Image ID 10706
600. WELLINGTON (P55) is the second offshore patrol vessel (OPV) and the last of the Royal New Zealand Navy's $500 million, seven-ship Project Protector programme. She is seen here coming alongside at the... Date: 11 April 2010 Image ID 6293
601. WILLIAM C. DALDY - the Auckland-based preserved steam tug, crammed full of Old Salts, former members of the Royal New Zealand Navy, give three cheers for Her Excellency, the Rt. Hon. Dame Patsy Reddy,... Date: 19 November 2016 Image ID 10698