Navy Today October - November 2011, Issue 163 - Royal New ...

In October 1941, in the darkest days of WorldWar Two, King George VI granted the title RoyalNew Zealand Navy to the New Zealand NavalForces.Seventy years later a fleet of eleven ships convergedon Wellington to celebrate the anniversary, and paradeto change the Queen’s Colour. From Wednesday 28September to Monday 3rd October ships and personnelof the RNZN exercised in Cook Strait, paraded throughWellington, opened their ships to the public, and helda fleet review.When the celebration was over, as is the way of theNavy, the ships scattered to patrol the New Zealandcoast, undertake operations in the Solomon Islands andexercise with our friends and allies in South East Asia.But for seven days, the fleet was together.The Fleet turns to line-ahead duringmanoeuvres in Cook Strait.WWW.NAVY.MIL.NZ NT163october-november11 5