HMS Neptune

It is the 75th anniversary of New Zealand’s greatest naval disaster - the loss of 150 men serving on board the HMS Neptune when it was sunk by mines in the Mediterranean in December 1941.  

HMS Neptune (Imperial War Museum)

Eddie Vazey of Auckland one of the 150 NZ men lost on HMS Neptune NZ Herald 8 Jan 1942

The Dunedin memorial to the 30 men from Otago lost on the HMS Neptune

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