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ROYAL NEW ZEALAND NAVY (NEW ZEALAND)

CONVERTED MERCHANT VESSELS

WWII auxiliary minelayers

100 - 1000 BRT:

Kaiwaka (RNZN) (1937, 169, 5.1941 - 1946)

Project history: requisitioned merchant vessels used as minesweepers.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service:  Format of date including day/month/year means loss of the vessel. Format of date containing month/year means return to owner or conversion to miscellaneous vessel. There were many coasters, tugs and other vessels used as minesweepers with tonnage less than 100 BRT.

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