Session 6 - From Participation to Protest - The RNZN and Nuclear Testing 1957-1995

FROM PARTICIPATION TO PROTEST Royal New Zealand Navy’s Involvement in Nuclear Testing in the Pacific 1957-1995

Key Events
Operation GRAPPLE May 1957- September 1958
Mururoa Protest June – August 1973
Operation VALERIAN July – October 1995

Auckland’s naval defence c1896

Calliope Dry Dock 8 February 1888

HMS New Zealand c1919

HMS Philomel naval base c 1927

Philomel c1937

HMS/HMNZS Achilles

HMNZS LACHLAN

HMNZS Pukaki

MURUROA 1973

HMNZS Otago departing Devonport 28 June 1973

Plus One Politician – FRASER COLEMAN MP LABOUR CABINET MINISTER Plus One Politician – FRASER COLEMAN MP LABOUR CABINET MINISTER

First Test 21 July 1973 – seen from Otago

HMNZS CANTERBURY

OPERATION VALERIAN

HMNZS TUI – RESEARCH VESSEL

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