Chris Precey Block 2, Life in RNZN from 1954 Part 2 - Manawatu Conversations
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Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 17th June 2025. Part 2 of 4. Was in NZ Navy ship The Royalist during the Suez crisis but was pulled out before the end. Many of the crew were married with family in New Zealand. Travelled through the straits of Gibraltar to Sierra Leone then Simonstown, South Africa. Saw apartheid in South Africa. Then travelled to Mauritius, Freemantle, Hobart and Auckland. Cruised around New Zealand to show the new ship. Had severe alcohol problem and was imprisoned by the navy on several occasions. Went to Wellington and lived in the air force barracks at Shelley Bay then boarded at Naenae in Lower Hutt. Got to know a girl who worked near him. They got engaged. He was sent to work on a fisheries protection launch HMNZS Mako. Governor General Cobham and family were holidaying in the Bay of Islands and the launch had to take them fishing.
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- June 17, 2025