HMS New Zealand (1911)
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HMS New Zealand was one of three Indefatigable-class battlecruisers. Launched in 1911, the ship was funded by the government of New Zealand as a gift to Britain, and she was commissioned into the Roya
New Zealand in Australia, May 1919
Starboard elevation and deck plan as depicted in Brassey's Naval Annual, 1915. Note: plan is of Invincible-class battlecruisers; the Indefatigable-class had a third superstructure element with 'P' & 'Q' turrets more widely spaced.
New Zealand's bell; this bell had previously been used on the battleship of the same name
![William Lionel Wylie, Tower House, Portsmouth [HMS “New Zealand” fitting out]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/William_Lionel_Wylie%2C_Tower_House%2C_Portsmouth%2C_1911_%288963703935%29.jpg/500px-William_Lionel_Wylie%2C_Tower_House%2C_Portsmouth%2C_1911_%288963703935%29.jpg)
William Lionel Wylie, Tower House, Portsmouth [HMS “New Zealand” fitting out]
Battle of Dogger Bank (1915)
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The Battle of Dogger Bank was a naval engagement during the First World War near the Dogger Bank in the North Sea, between squadrons of the British Grand Fleet and the Kaiserliche Marine. The British
HMS New Zealand (1911)
…Grand Fleet, in opposition to the German High Seas Fleet. The battlecruiser participated in all three of the major North Sea battles—Heligoland Bight, Dogger Bank, and Jutland—and was involved in the response to the inconclusive Raid on Scarborough, and the Second Battle of Heligoland Bight. New Zealand contributed…
Battle of Dogger Bank by Arthur Burgess
Area of the Dogger Bank
German battlecruisers (L–R) Derfflinger, Moltke and Seydlitz en route to Dogger Bank.
Painting of SMS V5 engaging HMS Lion, by Willy Stöwer