Royal New Zealand Naval Association Inc.

• 25 October 1694 - Royal Hospital Greenwich founded by Charter of William and Mary
• 26 October 1995 - HMNZS Tui arrives at DNB from Operation VALERIAN. She will not go to sea again.
• 27 October 1943 - Lieutenant Commander Charles Palmer RNZNVR is badly wounded when his ship the minesweeper HMS Cromarty strikes a mine in Bonifacio Strait.
• 28 October 1940 - first German acoustic mine recovered. The RN hurriedly begins designing countermeasures.
• 28 October 1958 - first flight of the Wasp helicopter
• 29 October 2009 - HMNZS Kahu decommissions at DNB.
• 30 October 1951 - Waiouru W/T station commissioned as HMNZS Irirangi 
• 31 October 1971 - Far East Fleet established in 1946 is paid off.

Did you know?

Saluting - it is thought that saluting with the hand comes down to us from the practice of knights raising their helmet's visor in order to be recognised. An alternative suggestion is that it replaced the doffing of the hat, which made the hat dirty.

Sash - before the introduction of uniforms, sashes were worn in national colours as a means of identification on the battlefield. Infantry wore sashes over the shoulder, cavalrymen around the waist. The sash became a formal part of uniform for some regiments. The origin of the word is the Arabic sas or muslin.