Her Majesty's New Zealand Ship

HMNZS is the abbreviation for Her Majesty's New Zealand Ship and the prefix of the New Zealand naval units. Should the Queen be followed by a king, it will change to His Majesty's New Zealand Ship.

The acronym is derived from the British Her Majesty's Ship ( HMS ), as the Monarch of Great Britain Monarchs of New Zealand is at the same time.

Ships that carry this current part of their name, are subject to the Royal New Zealand Navy, the New Zealand Navy. King George V issued in 1911, the decision that the ships carry the prefix from then on.

Many other naval forces of the Commonwealth - States shall modifications of the " HMS", such as the Canadian HMCS ( Her Majesty's Canadian Ship) or the Australian HMAS ( Her Majesty's Australian Ship).