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ROYAL NEW ZEALAND NAVY Strengths, 3rd September, 1939, to 31st December, 1946

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— Royal New Zealand Navy and Royal Navy Loan Personnel Serving in Royal New Zealand Navy. Royal New Zealand Navy Personnel Serving in Royal Navy. New Zealand Auxiliary Patrol Service. Totals. Officers. Ratings. Women. Total. Officers. Ratings. Total. Ratings. Officers. Ratings. Women. Totals. R.N. R.N.Z.N. R.N. R.N.Z.N. 1939 —September 42 6 321 610 979 5 336 341 53 1,267 1,320 October . .. 42 11 331 718 1,102 5 336 341 58 1,385 1.443 November 42 18 321 773 1,154 5 336 341 65 1,430 1,495 December 43 31 319 838 1,231 5 336 341 79 1,493 1,572 1940 —January 43 46 318 906 1,313 5 336 341 94 1,560 1,654 February45 52 317 956 1,370 5 336 341 102 1,609 1,711 March 45 67 317 1,021 1,450 5 336 341 117 1,674 1,791 April 46 73 317 1,022 1,458 5 336 341 124 1,675 1,799 May 46 80 237 1,107 1,470 81 946 1,027 207 2,290 2,497 June 45 89 222 1,212 1,568 73 947 1,020 207 2,381 2,588 July 42 100 214 1,241 1,597 72 988 1,060 214 2,443 2,657 August 41 103 214 1,316 1,674 77 1,045 1,122 221 2,575 2,796 September 41 107 211 1,345 1,704 87 1,126 1,213 235 2,682 2,917 October 41 112 211 1,345 1,709 101 1,195 1,296 254 2,751 3,005 November 42 115 192 1,465 1,814 111 1,249 1,360 268 2,906 3,174 December 42 127 183 1,506 1,858 119 1,343 1,462 288 3,032 3,320 1941 —January 42 130 182 1,527 1,881 123 1,406 1,529 295 3,115 3,410 February 42 135 175 1,597 1,949 132 1,376 1,508 309 3,148 3,457 March 43 142 169 1,705 2,059 131 1,389 1,520 316 3,263 3,579 April 43 164 167 1,792 2,166 131 1,516 1,647 338 3,475 3,813 May 44 156 167 1,954 2,321 140 1,694 1,834 340 3,815 4,155 June 45 155 166 1,931 2,297 149 1,737 1,886 349 3,834 4,183 July 47 155 164 1,843 2,209 152 1,878 2,030 354 3,885 4,239 August 48 165 168 1,845 2,226 155 2,011 2,166 368 4,024 4,392 September 67 168 294 2,466 2,995 181 1,536 1,717 416 4,296 4,712 October 71 181 297 2,460 3,009 192 1,623 1,815 444 4,380 4,824 November 72 207 292 2,562 3,133 234 1,621 1,855 513 4,475 4,988 December 74 206 290 2,576 3,146 250 1,514 1,764 3 530 4,383 4,913 1942 —January 75 233 312 2,794 3,414 297 1,542 1,839 25 605 4,673 5,278 February 71 244 288 2,839 3,442 364 1,517 1,881 64 679 4,708 5,387 March 71 362 312 2,958 3,703 398 1,504 1,902 185 831 4,959 5,790 April 70 261 306 2,970 3,607 402 1,412 1,814 279 733 4,967 5,700 May 75 288 321 3,131 3,815 436 1,370 1,806 421 799 5,243 6,042 June 99 316 306 3,312 1 4,034 451 1,277 1,728 434 866 5,329 1 6,196 July 105 352 350 3,534 28 4,369 507 1,234 1,741 •444 964 5,562 28 6,554 August 107 364 350 3,699 42 4,562 530 1,215 1,745 463 1,001 5,727 42 6,770 September 104 378 467 3,900 76 4,925 555 1,170 1,725 457 1,037 5,994 76 7,107 October 99 420 519 4,045 94 5,177 615 1,158 1,773 450 1,134 6,172 94 7,400 November 101 442 549 4,020 114 5,226 683 1,099 1,782 445 1,226 6,113 114 7,453 December 106 1 440 1 530 1 4,210 1 155 5,441 721 1,122 1 1,843 438 1,267 6,300 155 1 7,722