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The Royal New Zealand Navy
Contents
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Contents
| Page | ||
| FOREWORD | vii | |
| PREFACE | ix | |
| Part I: ROYAL NEW ZEALAND NAVY | 1 | |
| 1 | GENESIS OF ROYAL NEW ZEALAND NAVY | 3 |
| 2 | OUTBREAK OF WAR: CRUISE OF HMS ACHILLES | 15 |
| 3 | THE SEARCH FOR THE ADMIRAL GRAF SPEE | 28 |
| 4 | THE BATTLE OF THE RIVER PLATE | 45 |
| 5 | THE DESTRUCTION OF THE ADMIRAI GRAF SPEE | 61 |
| 6 | THE CRUISE OF THE LEANDER | 75 |
| 7 | HUNTING RAIDERS IN THE INDIAN OCEAN | 93 |
| 8 | OPERATIONS OFF THE COAST OF SYRIA | 110 |
| 9 | RAIDER IN NEW ZEALAND WATERS | 117 |
| 10 | CRUISES OF THE ORION AND KOMET | 134 |
| 11 | PROTECTION OF SHIPPING | 150 |
| 12 | MINESWEEPING IN NEW ZEALAND WATERS | 167 |
| 13 | THE LOSS OF HMS NEPTUNE | 188 |
| 14 | ANTI-SUBMARINE POLICY | 195 |
| 15 | ANTI-INVASION MINE DEFENCES | 223 |
| 16 | THE AGGRESSIONS OF JAPAN | 238 |
| 17 | PERIL IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC | 253 |
| 18 | THE MINESWEEPING FLOTILLAS | 266 |
| 19 | TURN OF THE TIDE IN THE PACIFIC | 279 |
| 20 | THE STRUGGLE FOR GUADALCANAL | 291 |
| 21 | BATTLES FOR THE SOLOMONS | 311 |
| 22 | THE TIDE OF VICTORY | 336 |
| 23 | THE NEW ZEALAND CRUISERS | 350 |
| 24 | WITH THE BRITISH PACIFIC FLEET | 367 |
| 25 | THE SURRENDER OF JAPAN | 390 |
| Part II: ORGANISATION AND ADMINISTRATION | 409 | |
| 26 | RECRUITING AND TRAINING | 411 |
| 27 | ORGANISATION OF NAVAL STAFF | 435 |
| 28 | DEVELOPMENT OF RADAR | 450 page xii |
| Part III: NEW ZEALANDERS IN THE ROYAL NAVY | 465 | |
| 29 | NEW ZEALANDERS IN THE ROYAL NAVY | 467 |
| APPENDICES: | ||
| I | The First New Zealand Navy | 522 |
| II | Record of HMS Leander | 531 |
| III | Record of HMS Achilles | 533 |
| IV | Prisoners of War and Parole | 534 |
| V | Execution by Japanese of Fleet Air Arm Officers | 537 |
| VI | Members of New Zealand Naval Board | 539 |
| VII | Record of HMS New Zealand | 541 |
| VIII | Record of HMNZS Philomel | 544 |
| IX | New Zealand Training Ship Amokura | 547 |
| Bibliography | 551 |