HMNZS Aroha

HMNZS Aroha
History
New Zealand
Name	Aroha
Builder	Stevenson & Cook, Port Chalmers
Laid down	5 November 1941
Launched	9 September 1942
Commissioned	12 May 1943
Decommissioned	1945
Identification	Pennant number: T24/T396
Fate	Sold to Red Funnel Trawlers
Australia
Name	Maldanna
Owner	Red Funnel Trawlers
Acquired	1946
In service	1946
Out of service	1958
Fate	Scrapped in 1963
General characteristics
Class and type	Castle-class minesweeper
Displacement	625 tons
Length	135 ft (41 m)
Beam	23 ft (7.0 m)
Propulsion	Single screw, triple reciprocating engine
Speed	10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)

HMNZS Aroha was one of eight steel New Zealand-built Castle-class ships built and commissioned by the Royal New Zealand Navy during World War II. She was the first steel Castle-class trawler launched for the Royal New Zealand Navy.^[1]