# List of ships of the Royal New Zealand Navy

Sortable list of commissioned vessels of the Royal New Zealand Navy from its formation on 1 October 1941 to the present. It does not include vessels of the New Zealand Division (1921–1941) or New Zealand Naval Forces (1913–21) or earlier vessels up to 1913.
| Name | Pennant | Class | Type | Com | Decom | Fate/notes |
| HMNZS Achilles | C70 | Leander class | Cruiser | 1941 | 1946 | Sold to the Indian Navy and renamed INS Delhi. Scrapped in 1978 |
| HMNZS Aotearoa | A11 | | Sustainment vessel | 2020 | current | |
| HMNZS Arabis | K385 | Flower class | Corvette | 1944 | 1948 | Scrapped in 1951 |
| HMNZS Arbutus | K403 | Flower class | Corvette | 1944 | 1948 | Scrapped in 1951 |
| HMNZS Aroha | T24 | Castle class | Minesweeper | 1943 | 1945 | |
| HMNZS Awatere | T25 | Castle class | Minesweeper | 1943 | 1943 | |
| HMNZS Bellona | C63 | Dido class | Light cruiser | 1946 | 1956 | Scrapped in 1959 |
| HMNZS Blackpool | F77 | Whitby class | Frigate | 1966 | 1971 | Loaned by RN to New Zealand 1966 – 1971. Returned to RN. Sold for breaking up in 1978 |
| HMNZS Black Prince | C81 | Dido class | Light cruiser | 1946 | 1961 | Crew were among first to take part in 1947 Royal New Zealand Navy mutinies. Returned to Royal Navy |
| HMNZS Breeze | T02 | Converted merchant boat | Minesweeper | 1942 | 1944 | |
| HMNZS Canterbury | F421 | Leander class | Frigate | 1971 | 2005 | Broad beam Leander. Scuttled as a dive wreck November 2007 |
| HMNZS Canterbury | L421 | | Multi-role vessel | 2007 | current | |
| HMNZS Charles Upham | A02 | | Logistics support | 1995 | 1998 | Commercial Ro-Ro vessel purchased for conversion to logistics supply. Project abandoned and sold to Contenemar and renamed Don Carlos |
| HMNZS Coastguard | T12 | Converted trawler | Danlayer | 1941 | 1960 | Functioned as a stores ship between 1945–1960 |
| HMNZS Cook II | | | Naval base | 1943 | 1944 | Solomon Islands. See HMNZS Kahu. |
| HMNZS Duchess | T07 | Converted merchant boat | Minesweeper Examination Liberty launch | 1941 1942 1945 | 1941 1944 1946 | Abandoned on Rangitoto Island |
| HMNZS Echuca | M252 | Bathurst class | Corvette | 1952 | 1967 | |
| HMNZS Endeavour | | Ailanthus-class net laying ship | Antarctic support | 1956 | 1962 | Former WWII US net laying ship converted to Antarctic duty. Purchased from British Antarctic Survey |
| HMNZS Endeavour | A184 | Patapsco-class tanker | Antarctic support | 1962 | 1971 | Loaned from US as military aid. Returned to US and supplied to Republic of China Navy. |
| HMNZS Endeavour | A11 | | Fleet tanker | 1988 | 2017 | Beached in Alang for scrapping |
| HMNZS Futurist | T12 | Converted trawler | Minesweeper | 1941 | 1944 | Functioned as a boom gate vessel 1944 |
| HMNZS Gale | T04 | Converted merchant boat | Minesweeper | 1941 | 1944 | |
| HMNZS Gambia | C48 | Crown Colony class | Cruiser | 1943 | 1946 | Returned to RN. Sold to be broken up 1968 |
| HMNZS Hautapu | T26 | Castle class | Minesweeper | 1943 | 1947 | Served in Lytteton |
| HMNZS Hawea | F422 | Loch class | Frigate | 1948 | 1965 | |
| HMNZS Hawea | P3567 | Lake class | Inshore patrol | 1975 | 1990 | |
| HMNZS Hawea | P3567 | Lake class | Inshore patrol | 2008 | current | |
| HMNZS Hawea | T16 | Converted merchant boat | Minesweeper | 1941 | 1945 | Functioned as supply ship in 1945. |
| HMNZS Hickleton | M1131 | Ton class | Minesweeper | 1965 | 1966 | |
| HMNZS Hinau | T17 | Castle class | Minesweeper | 1942 | 1945 | Broken up 1954, hulk ran aground 1958 as a breakwater |
| HMNZS Hinau | P3556 | Moa class | Inshore patrol | 1985 | 2007 | Sold to private ownership and renamed Flightless. |
| HMNZS Humphrey | T12 | Converted trawler | Minesweeper | 1941 | 1944 | |
| HMNZS Inchkeith | T155 | Isles class | Minesweeper | 1941 | 1946 | |
| HMNZS Inverell | M233 | Bathurst class | Corvette | 1952 | 1976 | Training and fisheries patrols |
| HMNZS Isa Lei | YF-1038 | Covered Lighter (Self-propelled) | Ammunition Carrier | 1952 | 1961 | Originally commissioned in 1944 into the United States Navy. Scrapped at Te Atatu, 1967 |
| HMNZS Irirangi | | | Naval base | 1943 | 1993 | Naval radio station at Waiouru |
| HMNZS James Cosgrove | T10 | Castle class | Minesweeper | 1941 | 1944 | |
| HMNZS Kahu | A04 | Moa class | Inshore patrol | 1978 | 2009 | Training vessel, backup diving tender, sold for use as a pleasure craft in February 2010. |
| HMNZS Kaiwaka | T14 | Converted merchant boat | Danlayer | 1941 | 1945 | |
| HMNZS Kaniere | F426 | Loch class | Frigate | 1948 | 1967 | |
| HMNZS Kapuni | T15 | Converted trawler | Minesweeper | 1941 | 1945 | Functioned as supply ship 1945 |
| HMNZS Kiama | M353 | Bathurst class | Corvette | 1952 | 1979 | |
| HMNZS Killegray | T174 | Isles class | Minesweeper | 1941 | 1946 | |
| HMNZS Kiwi | T102 | Bird class | Minesweeper | 1941 1948 1951 | 1946 1949 1956 | AS MS Training ship Training ship |
| HMNZS Kiwi | P3554 | Moa class | Inshore patrol | 1983 | 2007 | Now MV Sarasu, privately owned and based in Melbourne Australia |
| HMNZS Lachlan | K364 | | Survey ship | 1949 | 1974 | Converted WWII River-class frigate |
| HMNZS Leander | C75 | Leander class | Cruiser | 1941 | 1948 | Served in the New Zealand Division 1937–1941. Returned to RN in 1945 |
| HMNZS Maimai | T27 | Castle class | Minesweeper | 1943 | 1946 | Scrapped in 1966 |
| HMNZS Manawanui | | | Dockyard tug Diving tender | 1948 1953 | 1952 1978 | |
| HMNZS Manawanui | A09 | | Diving tender | 1979 | 1988 | Renamed HMNZS Kahu |
| HMNZS Manawanui | A09 | | Diving tender | 1988 | 2018 | Sold to Major Projects Foundation and renamed MV Recovery |
| HMNZS Manawanui | A09 | | Diving support, hydrographic and deep sea salvage vessel | 2019 | 2024 | Sunk on 6 October 2024 after running aground in Samoa |
| HMNZS Manuka | T19 | Castle class | Minesweeper | 1942 | 1945 | Sunk in 1952. |
| HMNZS Matai | T01 | Converted merchant boat | Minesweeper | 1941 | 1946 | Functioned as transport ship 1945–1946. |
| HMNZS Moa | T233 | Bird class | Minesweeper | 1941 | 1943 | Sunk 7 April 1943 |
| HMNZS Moa | P3553 | Moa Class | Inshore patrol | 1984 | 2007 | Renamed Flightless and based in the Marlborough Sounds |
| HMNZS Monowai | F59 | | Armed merchant cruiser | 1941 | 1943 | |
| HMNZS Monowai | A06 | | Hydrographic survey | 1977 | 1997 | Former Pacific Island ferry Moana Roa |
| HMNZS Muritai | T05 | Converted merchant boat | Minesweeper | 1941 | 1946 | Functioned as training and cable-lifting ship 1945–1946. |
| HMNZS Nora Niven | T23 | Converted trawler | Danlayer | 1941 | 1944 | |
| HMNZS Otago | F111 | Rothesay class | Frigate | 1960 | 1983 | |
| HMNZS Otago | P148 | Protector class | Offshore patrol | 2008 | current | |
| HMNZS Pahau | T28 | Castle class | Minesweeper | 1944 | 1945 | Served in Wellington |
| HMNZS Philomel | | | Naval base | 1941 | current | Devonport. Main RNZN Logistics and Training Base. Previously HMS Philomel in the New Zealand Division, 1921–1941 |
| HMNZS Phyllis | T22 | Converted trawler | Danlayer | 1943 | 1944 | |
| HMNZS Pukaki | F424 | Loch class | Frigate | 1948 | 1966 | |
| HMNZS Pukaki | P3568 | Lake class | Inshore patrol | 1975 | 1999 | |
| HMNZS Pukaki | P3568 | Lake class | Inshore patrol | 2008 | 2012 | Sold to the Irish Naval Service in 2023 |
| HMNZS Puriri | T02 | Converted merchant boat | Minesweeper | 1941 | 1941 | Sunk 14 May 1941 |
| Q 400 | Q 400 | Fairmile B class | Motor launch | 1943 | 1945 | Suffered engine room fire and explosion. |
| Q 401 | Q 401 | Fairmile B class | Motor launch | 1943 | 1945 | |
| Q 402 | Q 402 | Fairmile B class | Motor launch | 1943 | 1945 | |
| Q 403 | Q 403 | Fairmile B class | Motor launch | 1943 | 1945 | |
| Q 404 | Q 404 | Fairmile B class | Motor launch | 1943 | 1945 | |
| Q 405 | Q 405 | Fairmile B class | Motor launch | 1943 | 1945 | |
| Q 406 | Q 406 | Fairmile B class | Motor launch | 1943 | 1945 | |
| Q 407 | Q 407 | Fairmile B class | Motor launch | 1943 | 1945 | |
| Q 408 | Q 408 | Fairmile B class | Motor launch | 1943 | 1945 | |
| Q 409 | Q 409 | Fairmile B class | Motor launch | 1943 1953 | 1945 1963 | Recommissioned from 1953 to 1963 as HMNZS Maori. In 1963 became the Auckland ferry Iris Moana. |
| Q 410 | Q 410 | Fairmile B class | Motor launch | 1943 | 1945 | |
| Q 411 | Q 411 | Fairmile B class | Motor launch | 1943 1947 | 1945 1965 | Recommissioned from 1947 to 1965 as HMNZS Kahu. The photo shows her post war on the Waitemata Harbour. Scrapped in 2023 |
| Q1183 | Q1183 | HDML class | Motor launch | 1943 | 1945 | 1950 renamed Mako (P3551) |
| Q1184 | Q1184 | HDML class | Motor launch | 1943 | 1945 | 1950 renamed Paea (P3552) |
| Q1185 | Q1185 | HDML class | Motor launch | 1943 | 1945 | 1950 renamed Manga (P3567) |
| Q1186 | Q1186 | HDML class | Motor launch | 1943 | 1945 | |
| Q1187 | Q1187 | HDML class | Motor launch | 1943 | 1945 | 1950 renamed Tarapunga I (P3566) |
| Q1188 | Q1188 | HDML class | Motor launch | 1943 | 1945 | 1950 renamed Takapu I (P3556) |
| Q1189 | Q1189 | HDML class | Motor launch | 1943 | 1945 | |
| Q1190 | Q1190 | HDML class | Motor launch | 1943 | 1967 | 1950 renamed Parore (P3562) |
| Q1191 | Q1191 | HDML class | Motor launch | 1943 | 1966 | 1950 renamed Kahawai I (P3553) |
| Q1192 | Q1192 | HDML class | Motor launch | 1943 | 1967 | 1950 renamed Maroro (P3554) |
| Q1193 | Q1193 | HDML class | Motor launch | 1943 | 1945 | 1950 renamed Tamure (P3555) |
| Q1194 | Q1194 | HDML class | Motor launch | 1943 | 1967 | 1950 renamed Ngapona I (P3561) |
| Q1348 | Q1348 | HDML class | Motor launch | 1943 | 1967 | 1950 renamed Kuparu (P3563) |
| Q1349 | Q1349 | HDML class | Motor launch | 1944 | 1964 | 1950 renamed Haku (P3565) |
| Q1350 | Q1350 | HDML class | Motor launch | 1944 | 1967 | 1950 renamed Koura (P3564) |
| Q1351 | Q1351 | HDML class | Motor launch | 1944 | 1945 | |
| HMNZS Rata | T03 | Converted merchant boat | Minesweeper | 1941 | 1943 | |
| HMNZS Resolution | A14 | | Survey and research | 1997 | 2012 | Decommissioned and sold to EGS Group |
| HMNZS Rimu | T18 | Castle class | Minesweeper | 1942 | 1945 | Sunk in 1958 |
| HMNZS Rotoiti | F425 | Loch class | Frigate | 1948 | 1967 | |
| HMNZS Rotoiti | P3569 | Lake class | Inshore patrol | 1975 | 1999 | |
| HMNZS Rotoiti | P3569 | Lake class | Inshore patrol | 2008 | 2013 | Sold to the Irish Naval Service in 2023 |
| HMNZS Royalist | C89 | Dido class | Cruiser | 1956 | 1966 | |
| HMNZS Sanda | T160 | Isles class | Minesweeper | 1941 | 1946 | |
| HMNZS Santon | M1178 | Ton class | Minesweeper | 1965 | 1966 | |
| HMNZS Scarba | T175 | Isles class | Minesweeper | 1941 | 1946 | |
| HMNZS South Sea | T22 | Converted trawler | Minesweeper | 1941 | 1942 | Sunk 19 December 1942 |
| HMNZS Southland | F104 | Leander class | Frigate | 1983 | 1995 | |
| HMNZS Stawell | M348 | Bathurst class | Corvette | 1952 | 1968 | |
| HMNZS Tamaki | | | Naval base | 1941 | 2000 | Training base, now part of HMNZS Philomel |
| HMNZS Takapu | | Moa class | Inshore survey | 1980 | 2000 | |
| HMNZS Taranaki | F148 | Rothesay class | Frigate | 1961 | 1982 | |
| HMNZS Tarapunga | | Moa class | Inshore survey | 1980 | 2000 | Sold for private use. |
| HMNZS Tasman | | | Naval base | 1944 | 1955 | Lyttelton |
| HMNZS Taupo | F423 | Loch class | Frigate | 1948 | 1962 | |
| HMNZS Taupo | P3570 | Lake class | Inshore patrol | 1975 | 1990 | |
| HMNZS Taupo | P3570 | Lake class | Inshore patrol | 2008 | current | |
| HMNZS Te Kaha | F77 | Anzac class | Frigate | 1997 | current | |
| HMNZS Te Mana | F111 | Anzac class | Frigate | 1999 | current | |
| HMNZS Thomas Currell | T11 | Converted trawler | Minesweeper | 1941 | 1944 | Currently beached and deteriorating on the coast of Chatham Island |
| HMNZS Tui | T234 | Bird class | Minesweeper | 1941 1952 1956 | 1946 1955 1967 | AS MS Training ship Research ship, replaced by HMNZS Tui in 1970 |
| HMNZS Tui | A2/A05 | Robert D. Conrad class | Oceanographic research | 1970 | 1997 | Scuttled as a dive wreck in 1997 |
| HMNZS Tutira | F420 | Loch class | Frigate | 1948 | 1951 | |
| HMNZS Viti | T? | Converted merchant boat | Minesweeper | 1941 | 1945 | |
| HMNZS Waiho | T34 | Castle class | Minesweeper | 1944 | 1946 | Sold to Red Funnel trawlers and renamed to "Matong" |
| HMNZS Waikato | F55 | Leander class | Frigate | 1965 | 1998 | Sunk November 2000 |
| HMNZS Waima | T33 | Castle class | Minesweeper | 1944 | 1946 | Sold to Red Funnel trawlers and renamed to "Moona" |
| HMNZS Waipu | T32 | Castle class | Minesweeper | 1943 | 1946 | Served in Auckland |
| HMNZS Wakefield | | | Naval base | 1948 | current | Administrative base for Wellington. Was named Philomel II until 1954. |
| HMNZS Wakakura | P3555 | Moa class | Inshore patrol | 1985 | 2007 | As of 2013 HMNZS Wakakura (P3555) remains tied up at Wellington's Queen's Wharf |
| HMNZS Wakakura | T00 | Castle class | Minesweeper | 1941 | 1945 | Served in the New Zealand Division, 1926–1941 |
| HMNZS Wellington | F69 | Leander class | Frigate | 1982 | 2000 | Sunk in Wellington in 2005 |
| HMNZS Wellington | P55 | Protector class | Offshore patrol | 2007 | current | |