These are the vessels that were serving with the Royal New Zealand Navy in 1944.
Cruisers:
HMNZS GAMBIA
HMNZS ACHILLES
Corvettes:
HMNZ Ships ARABIS and ARBUTUS
HMNZ Ships TUI and KIWI
4 x 'Scottish Isles' Class
19 x trawlers
8 x converted coasters
12 x Fairmiles
16 x Harbour Defence Motor Launches
57 x requisitioned civilian craft
Auxiliary Craft:
7 x Boom defence vessels
8 x vessels on degaussing duties
By the end of WWII the RNZN had over sixty vessels in commission.
To read more about the RNZN's Official History of the Second World War go to www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-corpus-WH2,html