The Royal New Zealand Navy

Contents

• • [covers]
  • [frontispiece]
  • Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939–45
  • [title page]
  • Foreword p. vii
  • Preface p. ix
  • Contents p. xi
  • List of Illustrations p. xiii
  • List of Maps p. xvi
• • Part 1 — Royal New Zealand Navy
    • Chapter 1 — Genesis of Royal New Zealand Navy p. 3
    • CHAPTER 2 — Outbreak of War: Cruise of HMS Achilles p. 15
    • CHAPTER 3 — The Search for the Admiral Graf Spee p. 28
    • CHAPTER 4 — The Battle of the River Plate p. 45
    • CHAPTER 5 — The Destruction of the Admiral Graf Spee p. 61
    • CHAPTER 6 — The Cruise of the Leander p. 75
    • CHAPTER 7 — Hunting Raiders in the Indian Ocean p. 93
    • CHAPTER 8 — Operations off the Coast of Syria p. 110
    • CHAPTER 9 — Raider in New Zealand Waters p. 117
    • CHAPTER 10 — Cruise of the Orion and Komet p. 134
    • CHAPTER 11 — Protection of Shipping p. 150
    • CHAPTER 12 — Minesweeping in New Zealand Waters p. 167
    • CHAPTER 13 — The Loss of HMS Neptune p. 188
    • CHAPTER 14 — Anti-Submarine Policy p. 195
    • CHAPTER 15 — Anti-Invasion Mine Defences p. 223
    • CHAPTER 16 — The Aggressions of Japan p. 238
    • CHAPTER 17 — Peril in the South Pacific p. 253
    • CHAPTER 18 — The Minesweeping Flotillas p. 266
    • CHAPTER 19 — Turn of the Tide in the Pacific p. 279
    • CHAPTER 20 — The Struggle for Guadalcanal p. 291
    • CHAPTER 21 — Battles for the Solomons p. 311
    • CHAPTER 22 — The Tide of Victory p. 336
    • CHAPTER 23 — The New Zealand Cruisers p. 350
    • CHAPTER 24 — With the British Pacific Fleet p. 367
    • CHAPTER 25 — The Surrender of Japan p. 390
  • PART II — ORGANISATION AND ADMINISTRATION
    • CHAPTER 26 — Recruiting and Training p. 411
    • CHAPTER 27 — Organisation of Naval Staff p. 435
    • CHAPTER 28 — Development of Radar p. 450
  • PART III — NEW ZEALANDERS IN THE ROYAL NAVY
    • CHAPTER 29 — New Zealanders in the Royal Navy p. 467
    • Appendix I — THE FIRST NEW ZEALAND NAVY p. 522
      • [section] p. 522
      • ART. III.—The First New Zealand Navy; with some Episodes of the Maori War in connection with the British Navy
    • Appendix II — RECORD OF HMS LEANDER p. 531
      • FIRST LEANDER, 1780: p. 531
      • SECOND LEANDER, 1814:
      • THIRD LEANDER, 1848: p. 532
      • FOURTH LEANDER, 1882:
      • FIFTH LEANDER, 1933:
    • Appendix III — RECORD OF HMS ACHILLES p. 533
    • Appendix IV — PRISONERS OF WAR AND PAROLE p. 534
    • Appendix V — EXECUTION BY JAPANESE OF FLEET AIR ARM OFFICERS p. 537
    • Appendix VI — MEMBERS OF NEW ZEALAND NAVAL BOARD p. 539
      • Naval Adviser to Government p. 539
      • Commodore Commanding New Zealand Squadron and First Naval Member
      • Chief of Naval Staff and First Naval Member
      • Second Naval Member
      • Naval Secretary p. 540
    • Appendix VII — RECORD OF HMS NEW ZEALAND p. 541
    • Appendix VIII — RECORD OF HMNZS PHILOMEL p. 544
    • Appendix IX — NEW ZEALAND TRAINING SHIP AMOKURA p. 547
    • Bibliography p. 551
      • PUBLISHED SOURCES p. 551
      • UNPUBLISHED SOURCES p. 552
    • Index p. 555
• [backmatter] p. 571

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