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NEW ZEALAND SHIPS INCREASE IN PERSONNEL A statement showing what ships belong to the Royal New Zealand Narv, as the country's naval forces became last month, is contained in a Government. review of the Dominion's war effort. It shows that the cruisers Leandor and Achilles, together with tho armed merchant cruiser Monowai, are now known as His Majesty's New Zealand Ships. Other vessels preceded by the letters 11.M.N.Z.5., instead of tiie former If.M.S., include a fast flotilla of minesweepers and auxiliary minesweepers and a number of auxiliary vessels, to which, it is stated, numbers of others are continually being added. New Zealarulers in naval service, within New Zealand or overseas, number more than 4000, or more than five times as many as at the outbreak of war. Almost .'sooo recruits await entry into the Navy. Nearly 1000 New Zealanders serve in the Royal Navy, as distinct from the Royal New Zealand Navy, in the many spheres where it operates. Some are in command of minesweepers in the English Channel. More than 400 are in the Fleet Air Arm.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume 78, Issue 24104, 24 October 1941, Page 6
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181NAVY'S NEW TITLE New Zealand Herald, Volume 78, Issue 24104, 24 October 1941, Page 6
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