page_title: Operation Neptune (New Zealand)
hierarchical_section_title: Operation Neptune (New Zealand)
caption_attribution_description: English: AWM Caption: C.1937. PORT BOW VIEW OF THE LIGHT CRUISER HMS NEPTUNE. SHE HAS NOT YET HAD HER AA ARMAMENT AUGMENTED BY THE REPLACEMENT OF THE SINGLE 4 INCH MARK V GUNS ON MARK IV HA MOUNTINGS BY TWIN 4 INCH MOUNTINGS. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)
context_page_description: Operation Neptune was a programme of commemorative events and activities held in New Zealand throughout the year 2016 to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the Royal New Zealand Navy in 1941.
  The name “Operation Neptune” was chosen to commemorate the greatest single loss sustained by the New Zealand Navy. HMS Neptune was being prepared for transfer to the Royal New Zealand Navy when she sank after hitting an enemy minefield in the Mediterranean on 19 December 1941 with the loss of all but one man, including all 150 of the New Zealanders who had already joined the ship.
context_section_description: Operation Neptune was a programme of commemorative events and activities held in New Zealand throughout the year 2016 to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the Royal New Zealand Navy in 1941.
  The name “Operation Neptune” was chosen to commemorate the greatest single loss sustained by the New Zealand Navy. HMS Neptune was being prepared for transfer to the Royal New Zealand Navy when she sank after hitting an enemy minefield in the Mediterranean on 19 December 1941 with the loss of all but one man, including all 150 of the New Zealanders who had already joined the ship.
caption: HMS Neptune in 1937
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