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were formed into the 9th
Auxiliary Minesweeping group. They carried out night-time patrol and escort duties under COMSOPAC control. The Japanese were largely well to the north by this time, but occasionally made sudden attacks into American strongholds around
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Auckland for refit, usually escorting freighters bound the same way. By mid-1944, the owners were demanding the return of
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sailed back to New
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located a missing US amphibious aircraft, rescued the crew, and towed it back to Noumea. The ship subsequently received a US commendation.
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for port minesweeping duties where she was the first New
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British
Auxiliaries Ltd. diesel engines, 725 bhp, one shaft
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was a coastal cargo boat which was requisitioned by the
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10 to 11 knots (19 to 20 km/h; 12 to 13 mph)
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325:in April 1941, sweeping for German mines in the
417:. COMSOPAC released her on 20 September 1944.
329:. On 14 May, she rescued the survivors of the
554:The Rockies: New Zealand Minesweepers at War.
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446:Minesweepers of the Royal New Zealand Navy
436:. She was scrapped in Singapore in 1970.
535:Page 69-78. Government Printing Office.
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280:'s minefield and the loss of the liner
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156:179 ft 6 in (54.71 m)
389:arrived at Tulagi, at which point
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164:30 ft 1 in (9.17 m)
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227:1 × 4 in (100 mm) gun
587:Ships built on the River Clyde
466:"Canterbury Steam Shipping Co"
430:Cia de Transportes Sylvia S.A.
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470:New Zealand Coastal Shipping
264:(RNZN) and converted into a
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533:New Zealand Naval Vessels.
323:25th Minesweeping Flotilla
531:McDougall, R. J. (1989)
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577:Gale-class minesweepers
127:General characteristics
432:of Panama and renamed
262:Royal New Zealand Navy
122:Returned to owner 1944
341:detached to relieve
232:20 mm Oerlikons
552:Harker, Jack (2000)
337:. In December 1941
314:Operational history
286:, the others being
556:Silver Owl Press.
381:In February 1943,
368:United States Navy
238:Lewis machine guns
203:processing systems
59:Scott & Sons,
541:978-0-477-01399-4
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94:3 April 1941
91:Commissioned
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404:Guadalcanal
321:joined the
266:minesweeper
67:Yard number
38:New Zealand
582:1935 ships
571:Categories
452:References
193:Complement
177:Propulsion
492:"MV GALE"
143:317
137:622
83:Completed
514:cite web
504:12 March
476:12 March
440:See also
364:COMSOPAC
222:Armament
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75:Launched
283:Niagara
169:Draught
132:Tonnage
61:Bowling
56:Builder
25:History
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472:. 2009
415:Breeze
395:Breeze
387:Breeze
366:, the
360:Noumea
331:Puriri
307:Breeze
295:Puriri
254:HMNZS
153:Length
47:HMNZS
399:Matai
289:Matai
277:Orion
258:(T04)
214:Radar
209:Asdic
185:Speed
51:(T04)
558:ISBN
537:ISBN
520:link
506:2013
478:2013
434:Jasa
426:Gale
421:Fate
411:Gale
397:and
391:Gale
383:Gale
376:Gale
372:Gale
356:Gale
349:Fiji
344:Viti
339:Gale
319:Gale
301:Rata
298:and
272:Gale
256:Gale
236:2 ×
230:2 ×
161:Beam
119:Fate
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44:Name
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