Cruisers of the Republic of Australia-New Zealand Navy

Cruisers of the Republic of Australia-New Zealand Navy

''It is not mention in Lightning in the night book what happened to the Republic of Australia-New Zealand at the beginning of the war on Augusts 1st 1945.Therefore in the Lightning in the night timeline the Republic of Australia-New Zealand still exist as an independent nation.  The   Cruisers of the Republic of Australia-New Zealand Navy are cruisers who previous served with the Royal Australian Navy and the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy until the merger of those two countries into the Republic of Australia-New Zealand and the British Eastern Fleet who with the surrendering of Great Britain in September 1940 instead of surrendering to the Third Reich joined the Republic of Australia-New Zealand Navy. ''

The Republic of Australia-New Zealand due it being a republic uses a new ship prefix which is short for, Republic of Australia-New Zealand Ship (RANZS).

Heavy Cruisers

County-class heavy cruiser

RANZS Australia, previous in service with the Royal Australian Navy.

RANZS Canberra, previous in service with the Royal Australian Navy.

RANZS Auckland, formerly the heavy cruiser known as HMS Shropshire of the British Eastern Fleet.

RANZS New Zealand, formerly the heavy cruiser known as HMS Dorsetshire of the British Eastern Fleet.

Cruisers

Leander-class cruiser

RANZS Leander, previous in service with the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy.

RANZS Achilles, previous in service with the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy.

RANZS Perth, previous in service with the Royal Australian Navy.

RANZS Hobart, previous in service with the Royal Australian Navy. RANZS Sydney, previous in service with the Royal Australian Navy.

Town class cruiser

RANZS Adelaide, previous in service with the Royal Australian Navy.

Emerald-class light cruiser

RANZS Emerald, previous in service with the British Eastern Fleet.

Danae-class light cruiser

RANZS Wellington, formerly the cruiser known as HMS Durban of the British Eastern Fleet. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">RANZS Dauntless, previous in service with the British Eastern Fleet.

C-class light cruiser

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">RANZS Ceres, previous in service with the British Eastern Fleet.

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">RANZS Christchurch, formerly the cruiser known as HMS Colombo of the British Eastern Fleet.