Category:HMNZS Wakakura (T00)

Ship[edit]

• Type: Castle-class trawler/minesweeper, TR series
• Built by: Port Arthur Shipbuilding, Port Arthur
• Yard No: 22
• Keel laid: 1917.05.31
• Launched: 1917.09
• Completed: 1917.10.17
• Length over all: 135 ft
• Beam: 23.5 ft
• GT: 274
• DWT:
• shipbuildinghistory.com
• www.miramarshipindex.nz

History[edit]

• 1917 Named TR-1; Flag: United Kingdom
  • Loaned to Royal Canadian Navy during World War I
  • Owner: Royal Navy
• 1925 Renamed HMNZS Wakakura (T00); Flag: New Zealand
  • Owner: New Zealand
• 1941 Transferred to Royal New Zealand Navy
• 1947 Sold to private service; converted to cargo ship
• 1948.12 Laid up
• 1952.03 Sold for scrapping
• 1953 Scrapped in Auckland