Lewin of Greenwich Naval History & Forum

RNZN Fleet Replenishment Oiler HMNZS Aotearoa pictured under construction at Hyundai Heavy Industries Shipyard at Ulsan, South Korea; January 2019.

Polar Class Logistic Support Vessel HMNZS Aotearoa and Philippine Navy,Lead Ship Frigate BRP Jose Rizal conducting Replenishment At Sea (RAS) Station Keeping Trials off the South Korean coast. Both ships are built by Hyundai Heavy Industries,April 14th 2020.

Twenty four hours from home...Polar Class Logistics Support Vessel HMNZS Aotearoa.

Polar Class Logistics Support Vessel HMNZS Aotearoa pictured as she berths at Devonport Naval Base for the first time on June 26th 2020.

Polar Class Sustainment Vessel HMNZS Aotearoa calls in at Marsden Point for her first ever fuel embarkation, filling her cargo tanks (8,200 tonnes) and her own bunker tanks (1,500 tonnes), totalling over 11.5 million litres of fuel (9,700 tonnes),December 10th 2020.

Polar Class sustainment vessel HMNZS Aotearoa pictured as she arrives in the Bay of Islands prior to Waitangi Day celebrations,February 5th 2021.

Polar Class Logistics Support Vessel HMNZS Aotearoa pictured refueling at Chowder Bay, Sydney....2021.

Independence Class LCS USS Charleston pictured lining up to conduct a RAS procedure on Polar-Class Sustainment Vessel HMNZS Aotearoa in company with Anzac Class Frigate HMNZS Te Kaha, Philippine Sea this week.

Polar Class Logistics Support Vessel HMNZS Aotearoa pictured conducting a RAS with RSN Formidable Class Frigates RSS Supreme and RSS Steadfast during Exercise Bersama Gold 2021.

HMNZS Aotearoa replenishing Anzac Class Frigates HMAS Anzac and HMNZS Te Kaha off the east coast of Malaysia.