HMNZS Canterbury

[flyinkiwi]

I agree. Part of the defense in depth would have meant submarines. That means either the RNZN would have had to start a submarine arm from scratch or our carriers would sit in the docks waiting for the Aussies to supply one to the battle group.

[nuuumannn]

Here are some photos of Canterbury (L421) taken a number of years ago now. These ones were taken in the Marlborough Sounds in 2007; this first one is taken from ashore at Ship Cove:



These were taken from our launch on the way back to Picton:









This is my daughter having a whale of a time running away from me around Canterbury's flight deck during a public day in Nelson in 2010:



Lastly, this is the old Leander Class frigate Canterbury (F421) at Lyttelton for the last time in 2005: