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Y turret of HMNZS Achilles
Auckland, New Zealand

About Y turret of HMNZS Achilles
HMNZS Achilles was a Leander-class light cruiser, the second of five in the class. She served in the Royal New Zealand Navy in the Second World War. She was launched in 1932 as HMS Achilles for the Royal Navy, placed in the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy in 1936, and transferred to the new Royal New Zealand Navy in 1941. As HMS Achilles, with a mix of British and New Zealander crew, she became famous for her part in the Battle of the River Plate in 1939, alongside HMS Ajax and HMS Exeter and notable for being the first Royal Navy cruiser to have fire control radar, with the installation of the New Zealand-made SS1 fire-control radar in June 1940.


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