| Navy | The Royal New Zealand Navy |
| Type | MS Trawler |
| Class | Kiwi |
| Pennant | T 234 |
| Built by | Henry Robb Ltd. (Leith, U.K.) : G. Plenty Ltd. (Newbury, U.K.) |
| Ordered | 26 Sep 1939 |
| Laid down | 19 Mar 1940 |
| Launched | 26 Aug 1941 |
| Commissioned | 5 Dec 1941 |
| End service | |
| History |
Commands listed for HMNZS Tui (T 234)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. John George Hilliard, RNZNVR | 26 Nov 1941 | 29 Jul 1944 |
| 2 | Lt. Frank Stanley Cable, RNZNVR | 29 Jul 1944 |
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Notable events involving Tui include:
19 Aug 1943
HMNZS Tui, along with some American OS2U Kingfisher float planes of VS-57, attack and sink the Japanese submarine I-17 40 miles SE of Noumea. The I-17 had been the first Axis warship to shell North America when she shelled the Ellwood Oil Field near Santa Barbara, California. (1)
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