HMNZS Mako
1 × 20 mm Oerlikon 2 × twin mounted Vickers machine guns HMNZS Mako is a former Harbour Defence Motor Launch (HDML) of the Royal New Zealand Navy.In January 1942 the British Admiralty agreed to allocate HDMLs to the Royal New Zealand Navy, with 24 ordered in February 1942.In June 1945, Q1183 arrived in Auckland scheduled for paying off and disarming, and was laid up at Pine Island; the government initially intended to dispose of the ship as surplus to requirements but Q1183 was kept in operational reserve and returned to service.One of her significant voyages she completed in her service was a six-week tour in 1956 alongside one of her sister ships HMNZS Paea around small North Island ports.HMNZS Mako also participated in various other activities including being guard boats for royal tours and visiting warships, search and rescue and ferrying wildlife to rodent-free islands.