HMNZS Endeavour (1944)
HMNZS Endeavour was a Royal New Zealand Navy Antarctic support vessel. She was the first of three ships in the Royal New Zealand Navy to bear that name. The ship was built in the United States in 1944 as Satinwood (YN-89) as a net tender of the Ailanthus class (but later redesignated as AN-76, a net layer) and transferred to the Royal Navy under Lend-Lease in August 1944. Commissioned as HMS Pretext (Z284), she served the United Kingdom until she was returned to United States Navy custody in November 1945. Sold by the United States Maritime Commission in 1947, she served as a research vessel for the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey under the name SV John Biscoe. She was briefly renamed Pretext when another ship was assigned the John Biscoe name, before being sold to the Royal New Zeala
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HMNZS Endeavour (1944)
HMNZS Endeavour was a Royal New Zealand Navy Antarctic support vessel. She was the first of three ships in the Royal New Zealand Navy to bear that name. The ship was built in the United States in 1944 as Satinwood (YN-89) as a net tender of the Ailanthus class (but later redesignated as AN-76, a net layer) and transferred to the Royal Navy under Lend-Lease in August 1944. Commissioned as HMS Pretext (Z284), she served the United Kingdom until she was returned to United States Navy custody in November 1945. Sold by the United States Maritime Commission in 1947, she served as a research vessel for the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey under the name SV John Biscoe. She was briefly renamed Pretext when another ship was assigned the John Biscoe name, before being sold to the Royal New Zeala
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date of acquirement
1944-08-05
1945-11-22
1947-07-20
date of christening
1947-12-15
completion date
1944-08-05
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laying down
1943-05-01
length (μ)
5.91312e+1
ship beam (μ)
1.12776e+1
ship launched
1944-05-23
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Foundered offNewfoundlandon 11 Nov 1982
returned toU.S. Navy, 22 November 1945
sold toNew Zealandin August 1956
transferred to theMaritime Commission, 3 April 1947, for disposal
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captain
Hubert Middleton Preece
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*Second World War:
*1 × 3-inch/50 caliber gun
*4 × twin gun mounts
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Ship identification
pennant number Z284
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Ship owner
Mayhaven Shipping Ltd.
Ship propulsion
diesel electric,
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Ship renamed
Pretext in April 1956
Ship struck
1946-03-28
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HMNZS Endeavour was a Royal Ne ...... ng sold to the Royal New Zeala
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HMNZS Endeavour (1944)
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Arctic Endeavour
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HMNZS Endeavour
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HMS Pretext
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RRS John Biscoe
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