HMNZS Endeavour (A11) was a fleet oiler for the Royal New Zealand Navy. She was named after James Cook's Bark Endeavour and the third ship in the RNZN to carry that name, though if continuity with the Royal Navy ships of the name HMS Endeavour is considered, she is the twelfth. The previous two ships of the RNZN were Antarctic research support vessels. Endeavour was built in South Korea to a commercial design and commissioned on 8 April 1988, and decommissioned on 15 December 2017.
HMNZS Endeavour berthed at Devonport Naval Base in 2007
Endeavour during a 2010 visit to Wellington
Endeavour berthed at Devonport Naval Base in 2007
International Force East Timor
The International Force East Timor (INTERFET) was a multinational non-United Nations peacemaking task force, organised and led by Australia in accordance with United Nations resolutions to address the humanitarian and security crisis that took place in East Timor from 1999–2000 until the arrival of UN peacekeepers. INTERFET was commanded by an Australian military officer, Major General Peter Cosgrove.
Logo of INTERFET
Return of Xanana Gusmão from Indonesian prison (1999)
HMAS Jervis Bay in Dili in October 1999
USAF C-130 taking off from Darwin for a mission to East Timor