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For the taxonomic class for birds, see <a href="/wiki/Class_aves" class="mw-redirect" title="Class aves">class aves</a>. For the minesweeper class sometimes called "Bird", see <a href="/wiki/Lapwing-class_minesweeper" title="Lapwing-class minesweeper">Lapwing-class minesweeper</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <table class="infobox" style="width:25.5em;border-spacing:2px;"> <caption>Bird class </caption><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Class overview</th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Name</td><td>Bird class</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Builders</td><td><a href="/wiki/Henry_Robb" title="Henry Robb">Henry Robb Ltd</a>, Scotland.</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Operators</td><td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Naval_Ensign_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Naval_Ensign_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Naval_Ensign_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Naval_Ensign_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Naval_Ensign_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Naval_Ensign_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Royal_New_Zealand_Navy" title="Royal New Zealand Navy">Royal New Zealand Navy</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Succeeded by</td><td><a href="/wiki/Isles-class_trawler" title="Isles-class trawler">Isles class</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">In service</td><td>1941–1967</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Completed</td><td>3</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Lost</td><td>1</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Retired</td><td>2</td></tr> <tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">General characteristics</th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Type</td><td><a href="/wiki/Minesweeper" title="Minesweeper">Minesweeper</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Displacement</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">607 <a href="/wiki/Long_ton" title="Long ton">long tons</a> (617 <a href="/wiki/Tonne" title="Tonne">t</a>) (<a href="/wiki/Displacement_(ship)#Standard_displacement" title="Displacement (ship)">standard</a>)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">923 long tons (938 t) (<a href="/wiki/Full_load" class="mw-redirect" title="Full load">full load</a>)</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Length</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">168 ft (51 m) overall</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">157.5 ft (48.0 m) keel</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Beam</td><td>30 ft (9.1 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Draught</td><td>15.3 ft (4.7 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Propulsion</td><td>1,100 ihp (820 kW) oil</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Speed</td><td>13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Complement</td><td>33–35</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Sensors and <br /> processing systems</td><td><a href="/wiki/ASDIC" class="mw-redirect" title="ASDIC">ASDIC</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Armament</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1 × <a href="/wiki/BL_4-inch_Mk_IX_naval_gun" title="BL 4-inch Mk IX naval gun">4 inch gun</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × 1 <a href="/wiki/QF_3-pounder_Hotchkiss" title="QF 3-pounder Hotchkiss">Hotchkiss guns</a> </li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">Twin <a href="/wiki/Lewis_gun" title="Lewis gun">Lewis guns</a> </li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">40 <a href="/wiki/Depth_charge" title="Depth charge">depth charges</a></li> </ul></td></tr> <tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Bird-class minesweeper</b> was a class of <a href="/wiki/Naval_trawler" title="Naval trawler">naval trawlers</a> built for the <a href="/wiki/Royal_New_Zealand_Navy" title="Royal New Zealand Navy">Royal New Zealand Navy</a> and which served during the <a href="/wiki/Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second World War">Second World War</a>. A total of three vessels in the class were built: <a href="/wiki/HMNZS_Kiwi_(T102)" title="HMNZS Kiwi (T102)"><i>Kiwi</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMNZS_Moa_(T233)" title="HMNZS Moa (T233)"><i>Moa</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/HMNZS_Tui_(T234)" title="HMNZS Tui (T234)"><i>Tui</i></a>. All were named for New Zealand native birds and were also referred to as <a href="/wiki/Corvette" title="Corvette">corvettes</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Design">Design</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bird-class_minesweeper&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Design"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In late 1939, the New Zealand government contracted <a href="/wiki/Henry_Robb" title="Henry Robb">Henry Robb Ltd</a>, a Scottish shipbuilding firm, to build three <a href="/wiki/Naval_trawler" title="Naval trawler">naval trawlers</a> for the <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Division_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy">New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy</a>. These vessels were intended for training naval personnel in seamanship, gunnery skills and <a href="/wiki/Minesweeping" title="Minesweeping">minesweeping</a> work.<sup id="cite_ref-Page2_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Page2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Henry Robb Ltd had built the minesweeping trawlers HMS <i>Basset</i> and HMS <i>Mastiff</i>, in 1935 and 1938 respectively, and this experience influenced the design of the Bird-class vessels.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcDougall198955–61_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcDougall198955–61-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Page3_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Page3-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although similar in appearance to the later <a href="/wiki/Isles-class_trawler" title="Isles-class trawler">Isles-class</a> minesweeping trawlers, derived from <i>Basset</i> and <i>Mastiff</i>, the Bird-class ships had an extended <a href="/wiki/Forecastle" title="Forecastle">forecastle</a>. They were slightly larger and more powerful than the Isles-class minesweepers. Indeed, by 1943, the Bird-class ships were referred to as <a href="/wiki/Corvette" title="Corvette">corvettes</a> when official reports were submitted to the New Zealand parliament.<sup id="cite_ref-Page2_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Page2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Characteristics">Characteristics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bird-class_minesweeper&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Characteristics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The ships of the Bird class had a <a href="/wiki/Displacement_(ship)#Standard_displacement" title="Displacement (ship)">standard displacement</a> of 607 standard tons and when fully loaded displaced 923 standard tons. They were 168 ft (51 m) in total length, 157.5 ft (48.0 m) in length at the <a href="/wiki/Keel" title="Keel">keel</a>, had a <a href="/wiki/Beam_(nautical)" title="Beam (nautical)">beam</a> of 30 ft (9.1 m) and a <a href="/wiki/Draft_(hull)" title="Draft (hull)">draught</a> of 15.3 ft (4.7 m). The main armament was a <a href="/wiki/BL_4-inch_Mk_IX_naval_gun" title="BL 4-inch Mk IX naval gun">4-inch (102 mm) gun</a>, supplemented with two quick firing 3-pounder Hotchkiss guns and one twin <a href="/wiki/Lewis_machine_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="Lewis machine gun">Lewis machine gun</a>. The ships carried <a href="/wiki/ASDIC" class="mw-redirect" title="ASDIC">ASDIC</a> and 40 <a href="/wiki/Depth_charge" title="Depth charge">depth charges</a>. Propulsion was through a single-shaft reciprocating steam engine that burned oil, providing a top speed of 13 <a href="/wiki/Knot_(unit)" title="Knot (unit)">knots</a> (24 km/h; 15 mph) at 1,100 <a href="/wiki/Horsepower#Indicated_horsepower" title="Horsepower">indicated horsepower</a> (820 <a href="/wiki/Kilowatt" class="mw-redirect" title="Kilowatt">kW</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcDougall198955–61_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcDougall198955–61-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Their design complement was to be between 33 and 35 men, although this increased as the war progressed and the ships were upgraded.<sup id="cite_ref-Page3_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Page3-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Construction">Construction</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bird-class_minesweeper&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Construction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pennant_(AM_2005.91.13-3).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Pennant_%28AM_2005.91.13-3%29.jpg/220px-Pennant_%28AM_2005.91.13-3%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Pennant_%28AM_2005.91.13-3%29.jpg/330px-Pennant_%28AM_2005.91.13-3%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Pennant_%28AM_2005.91.13-3%29.jpg/440px-Pennant_%28AM_2005.91.13-3%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1468" /></a><figcaption>The pennant of <i>Kiwi</i></figcaption></figure> <p>The Bird-class vessels were <a href="/wiki/HMNZS_Kiwi_(T102)" title="HMNZS Kiwi (T102)"><i>Kiwi</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMNZS_Moa_(T233)" title="HMNZS Moa (T233)"><i>Moa</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/HMNZS_Tui_(T234)" title="HMNZS Tui (T234)"><i>Tui</i></a>, all named for native bird species of New Zealand.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcDougall198955–61_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcDougall198955–61-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The three Bird-class vessels, designated build numbers 314 to 316, were <a href="/wiki/Keel_laying" title="Keel laying">laid down</a> on 19 March 1940 with the first of them, <i>Moa</i>, launched on 15 April and completed on 19 August 1941. She had been <a href="/wiki/Ship_commissioning" title="Ship commissioning">commissioned</a> into the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> on 12 August. The second and third ships, <i>Kiwi</i> and <i>Tui</i> respectively, were completed on 28 October and 5 December. They were commissioned directly into the <a href="/wiki/Royal_New_Zealand_Navy" title="Royal New Zealand Navy">Royal New Zealand Navy</a> (RNZN), which had been formed on 1 October 1941.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcDougall198955–61_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcDougall198955–61-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Page3_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Page3-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Service_history">Service history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bird-class_minesweeper&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Service history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Upon commissioning, each ship worked up in Scotland before being dispatched to New Zealand with the first leg being a North Atlantic crossing as part of an escort to a convoy. They steamed, via the <a href="/wiki/Panama_Canal" title="Panama Canal">Panama Canal</a>, to the west coast of the United States and then crossed the Pacific with stops at various islands along the way. On arrival in New Zealand, from April (<i>Moa</i>) to August (<i>Tui</i>) 1942, the minesweepers joined the 25th Minesweeping Flotilla. <i>Kiwi</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s transit of the North Atlantic resulted in some damage and she had to have repairs completed in <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a>, Massachusetts.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcDougall198955–61_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcDougall198955–61-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Page3_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Page3-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="South_Pacific_duty">South Pacific duty</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bird-class_minesweeper&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: South Pacific duty"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The flotilla was offered for service in the South Pacific and the offer was accepted by Vice Admiral <a href="/wiki/Robert_L._Ghormley" title="Robert L. Ghormley">Robert L. Ghormley</a> the commander of South Pacific. The ships of the flotilla began operations in the <a href="/wiki/Solomon_Islands" title="Solomon Islands">Solomon Islands</a>, conducting anti-submarine operations and carrying out escort missions from December 1942. They also disrupted the Japanese supply efforts, destroying a number of landing barges. The ships were considered to have weak defences against attacking aircraft, and they were unofficially up-gunned with <a href="/wiki/Oerlikon_20_mm_cannon" title="Oerlikon 20 mm cannon">20 mm (0.8 in) Oerlikon guns</a> scrounged from wrecked ships.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcDougall198955–61_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcDougall198955–61-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wreck_of_Japanese_submarine_I-1_off_Guadalcanal_1943.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Wreck_of_Japanese_submarine_I-1_off_Guadalcanal_1943.jpg/220px-Wreck_of_Japanese_submarine_I-1_off_Guadalcanal_1943.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="177" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Wreck_of_Japanese_submarine_I-1_off_Guadalcanal_1943.jpg/330px-Wreck_of_Japanese_submarine_I-1_off_Guadalcanal_1943.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Wreck_of_Japanese_submarine_I-1_off_Guadalcanal_1943.jpg/440px-Wreck_of_Japanese_submarine_I-1_off_Guadalcanal_1943.jpg 2x" data-file-width="668" data-file-height="537" /></a><figcaption>The wreck of the Japanese submarine <i>I-1</i>, sunk by <i>Kiwi</i> and <i>Moa</i></figcaption></figure> <p>On 29 January 1943, <i>Kiwi</i> and <i>Moa</i> rammed and wrecked the <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-1" title="Japanese submarine I-1">Japanese submarine <i>I-1</i></a>, which had surfaced off the coast of <a href="/wiki/Guadalcanal" title="Guadalcanal">Guadalcanal</a> after several depth charges had been dropped. <i>Kiwi</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s <a href="/wiki/Bow_(ship)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bow (ship)">bow</a> had been damaged and she returned to <a href="/wiki/Auckland" title="Auckland">Auckland</a> for repairs. Once completed she went back to the Solomons but not long after her return to service she suffered damage from a friendly fire incident which necessitated more repairs at Auckland.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcDougall198955–61_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcDougall198955–61-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWaters1956307–309_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWaters1956307–309-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 1943, <i>Moa</i> was sunk when it was attacked while refuelling at Tulagi Harbour, by <a href="/wiki/Aichi_D3A" title="Aichi D3A">Aichi D3A</a> "Val" <a href="/wiki/Dive_bomber" title="Dive bomber">dive bombers</a>. The attack killed five seamen and wounded another 15. One of the wounded was the captain of <i>Moa</i>, Lieutenant Commander <a href="/wiki/Peter_Phipps_(admiral)" title="Peter Phipps (admiral)">Peter Phipps</a> (later Vice Admiral), who had a bomb penetrate the roof of his cabin and pass through the floor where it exploded beneath him.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcDougall198955–61_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcDougall198955–61-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Page5_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Page5-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 19 August 1943 <i>Tui</i> with some United States <a href="/wiki/OS2U_Kingfisher" class="mw-redirect" title="OS2U Kingfisher">Kingfisher</a> floatplanes jointly sank the <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-17" title="Japanese submarine I-17">Japanese submarine <i>I-17</i></a>. With her ASDIC, <i>Tui</i> had detected the submarine and depth charged it. Contact with the submarine had then been lost and <i>Tui</i> departed the scene. However, passing Kingfishers directed <i>Tui</i> to the crippled submarine, <i>I-17</i>, which had surfaced some distance away. <i>Tui</i> scored hits with her main gun and these were followed up with depth charges from the US aircraft, resulting in the sinking of <i>I-17</i>. <i>Tui</i> picked up six survivors who confirmed that her earlier depth charge attack had forced the submarine to the surface.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcDougall198955–61_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcDougall198955–61-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWaters1956327–328_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWaters1956327–328-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As the Japanese abandoned Guadalcanal and withdrew to the north, the flotilla's area of operations moved as well, to around <a href="/wiki/Bougainville_Island" title="Bougainville Island">Bougainville</a>. Both <i>Tui</i> and <i>Kiwi</i> returned to Auckland for refits in 1944 during which the previously unofficial 20 mm Oerlikon guns were made a permanent feature of their armament. The flotilla was released from service in the South Pacific in mid-1945 and returned to New Zealand. After the war, both <i>Kiwi</i> and <i>Tui</i> were involved in clearing the <a href="/wiki/Hauraki_Gulf" title="Hauraki Gulf">Hauraki Gulf</a> of German-laid <a href="/wiki/Naval_mine" title="Naval mine">mines</a> before being deactivated in 1946.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcDougall198955–61_2-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcDougall198955–61-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Page7_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Page7-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Later_service">Later service</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bird-class_minesweeper&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Later service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The ships were recommissioned a few years later, <i>Kiwi</i> in 1949 and <i>Tui</i> in 1952, as training vessels for Navy personnel undergoing compulsory military service and then later for men preparing for service with RNZN <a href="/wiki/Frigate" title="Frigate">frigates</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Page7_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Page7-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Laid up in 1956, <i>Kiwi</i> was <a href="/wiki/Ship_breaking" title="Ship breaking">scrapped</a> in Auckland in 1964. After ending her military career and having her armament removed, <i>Tui</i> was used as an <a href="/wiki/Oceanography" title="Oceanography">oceanographic</a> <a href="/wiki/Research_ship" class="mw-redirect" title="Research ship">research ship</a> for a number of scientific institutions. She was scrapped in 1969, having been laid up since 1967.<sup id="cite_ref-Page7_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Page7-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bird-class_minesweeper&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ship_classes_of_the_Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="List of ship classes of the Second World War">List of ship classes of the Second World War</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bird-class_minesweeper&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Page2-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Page2_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Page2_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFMcLean" class="citation web cs1">McLean, Gavin. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/bird-class-minesweepers/pocket-corvettes">"Pocket corvettes"</a>. <i>NZ History</i>. 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Wellington, New Zealand: Government Printing Office. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-477-01399-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-477-01399-4"><bdi>978-0-477-01399-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=New+Zealand+Naval+Vessels&rft.place=Wellington%2C+New+Zealand&rft.pub=Government+Printing+Office&rft.date=1989&rft.isbn=978-0-477-01399-4&rft.aulast=McDougall&rft.aufirst=R.+J.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABird-class+minesweeper" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWaters1956" class="citation book cs1">Waters, S. D. (1956). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2Navy.html"><i>The Royal New Zealand Navy</i></a>. <a href="/wiki/Official_History_of_New_Zealand_in_the_Second_World_War_1939%E2%80%9345" title="Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939–45">Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939–45</a>. Wellington, New Zealand: War History Branch. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/800613100">800613100</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Royal+New+Zealand+Navy&rft.place=Wellington%2C+New+Zealand&rft.series=Official+History+of+New+Zealand+in+the+Second+World+War+1939%E2%80%9345&rft.pub=War+History+Branch&rft.date=1956&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F800613100&rft.aulast=Waters&rft.aufirst=S.+D.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fnzetc.victoria.ac.nz%2Ftm%2Fscholarly%2Ftei-WH2Navy.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABird-class+minesweeper" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1&useformat=desktop" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bird-class_minesweeper&oldid=1149080472">https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bird-class_minesweeper&oldid=1149080472</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Help:Category" title="Help:Category">Categories</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Mine_warfare_vessel_classes" title="Category:Mine warfare vessel classes">Mine warfare vessel classes</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:World_War_II_minesweepers_of_New_Zealand" title="Category:World War II minesweepers of New Zealand">World War II minesweepers of New Zealand</a></li></ul></div><div id="mw-hidden-catlinks" class="mw-hidden-catlinks mw-hidden-cats-hidden">Hidden category: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Use_dmy_dates_from_April_2022" title="Category:Use dmy dates from April 2022">Use dmy dates from April 2022</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="mw-footer-container"> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer" > <ul id="footer-info"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last edited on 10 April 2023, at 02:18<span class="anonymous-show"> (UTC)</span>.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Text is available under the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_4.0_International_License" title="Wikipedia:Text of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License</a>; additional terms may apply. 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