Royal Zealandian Navy (RZN)

 

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The huge growth in shipbuilding from 1935 onwards (another arms race leading into WW2) was fuelled by the abrogation and failure of the Arms Limitation Treaties from limiting the building of all classes of warships. Sparked by the Japanese not signing the London 2 Treaty. Battleships went out to 45-50,000 tons (64,000 in Japans case), cruisers from 10,000 to 15-16,000 tons, every class of ship got bigger. The smaller Navys like Zealandia could not keep up with the building prowess of the Major Powers. Zealandia concentrated on a few 'Ships of force' that its minor forces could fall back on when required. It wasn't until early 1943 that the Zealandian Navy put together a task force with its 5 major carriers, a couple of battleships, cruisers and destroyers. This force was backed with its own 'supply train' led by the CVE's and the older converted cruisers. This force went under the title of Task Force 50 under American command.

 

Zealandian Navy. (RZS)

Class Name

No.

First Date

Page Address (Click on thumbnail or name for page view)

  Aircraft Carriers
RZS Eriador (CV) 1 1924
RZS Arnor (CV) 2 1938-39
RZS Rhun (CVE) 2 1940-41
RZS Nindalf (CVL) 2 1943-44

Battleships / Battlecruisers/Pre-Dreadnoughts.

RZS Isengard (BB) 2 1939
RZS Mordor (BC) 2 1920
RZS Gondor (BC) 1 1917
RZS Rhovanion (BB) 2 1915
RZS Rivendell (BB) 2 1912
RZS Numenor (BC) 2 1912
RZS Forod-Waith 1 1910
RZS Vinyamar (BB) 2 1907

Heavy / Light / Minelaying Cruisers

RZS Celduin (DDL) 16 1939-44
RZS Anduril (CLM) 2 1939-40
RZS Harad (CLM) 2 1935
RZS Gandalf (CA) 2 1940-41
RZS Minas Tirith (CL) 4 37-39
RZS Khand (CA) 2 1934-35
RZS Barad-Dur (CL) 4 1927-30
RZS Celeborn (CA) 4 1917-19
RZS Rohan (CL) 6 1914-15

Destroyers (Leaders, General, Escort)

RZS Durthang (DDE) 67 1940-46
RZS Glaurung (DDL) 6 1938-39
RZS Glorfindel (DD) 36 1936-45
RZS Bywater (DDE) 4 1935
RZS Aegnor (DD) 8 1934-35
RZS Menelcamar (DD) 8 1931-32
RZS Valinor (DD) 8 1927-29
RZS Imrahil (DD) 12 1916-20

Miscelaneous

RZS Sauron (DS) 2 1941
RZS Ladros (AML) 1 1935
RZS Rohinzil (AAS) 2 1941
RZS Imladris (BM) 2 1942-43
       
  Submarines (All submarine entries go to the same page)
RZS Aradaspis (SS) 12 1942-46  
RZS Squalicorax (SS) 12 1939-43  
RZS Tristychius (SS) 8 1938-42  
RZS Ischyodus (SSC) 2 1935-38  
RZS Gogonasus (SSM) 3 1931-34  
RZS Otodus (SS) 6 1927-33  
RZS Saurichthys (SS) 4 1917-19  



 

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