Corvettes of the Royal New Zealand Navy

This is a list of commissioned corvettes of the Royal New Zealand Navy from its formation on 1 October 1941 to the present.

Flower-class corvettes

ClassDatesCareerFateHMNZS Arabis (K385)1944–1948 scrapped 1951HMNZS Arbutus (K403)1944–1948 scrapped 1951

Bathurst-class corvettes

ClassDatesCareerFateHMNZS Echuca1952–1967 Sold for scrap in 1967HMNZS Inverell1952–1976Training and fisheries patrolsSold for scrap in 1977HMNZS Kiama1952–1979 Paid off for disposal 1976HMNZS Stawell1952–1968 Sold for scrap in 1968

See also Current Royal New Zealand Navy ships List of ships of the Royal New Zealand Navy

References Walters, Sydney David (1956) The Royal New Zealand Navy: Official History of World War II, Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington Online McDougall, R J (1989) New Zealand Naval Vessels. Page 49–53. Government Printing Office.