HMNZS PUKAKI
INTRODUCING FRIGATES TO NEW ZEALAND The 16-year Loch-class frigate legacy starts with the sailors who delivered her to New Zealand. Navy Today meets Victor Reid, who helped bring HMNZS PUKAKI to our shores.
Victor Reid
Stoker Mechanic and Writer Victor Reid, 97, grumbles down the phone line about his bad back, a result of a kick in a Navy rugby match in Weymouth in 1948. “It still worries me,” he says. “But I just keep going.” His stroke in his leg seems almost incidental.
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