Naval Bases Of The Royal New Zealand Navy
Commissioned naval bases of the Royal New Zealand Navy from its formation on 1 October 1941 to the present.
The New Zealand Navy follows the British tradition of commissioning land naval bases as though they were ships. This is not as silly as it might seem at first. The administrative structures that work for a ship work just as well for a land establishment. The commander of a ship can become the commander of a land establishment, and be entirely comfortable with the way the place is run. This simplifies the overall administration of the navy.
For this reason, naval bases are sometimes referred to as stone frigates. In earlier times or in wartime, naval bases actually were ships. HMS Philomel was an old cruiser which functioned as New Zealand's first naval base. HMNZS Kahu was a Fairmile B motor launch, and it functioned as an administrative base for the fairmile flotillas during World War II.
It is also in this tradition for land establishments to be associated with one or more "name ships". However this association is largely ceremonial.
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