HMNZS Hawea (2007)

For other ships of the same name, see HMNZS Hawea.
HMNZS Hawea entering Otago Harbour in 2009
History
New Zealand
Name: HMNZS Hawea
Namesake: Lake Hawea
Builder: BAE Systems Australia formerly Tenix Defence[1]
Cost: NZ$ 35.7 million (2004)[1]
Launched: 11 December 2007
Christened: 15 December 2007 [1]
Commissioned: 1 May 2009 [1]
Identification: Pennant number: P3571
Fate: in active service, as of 2016
General characteristics
Class & type: Protector-class inshore patrol boat
Displacement: 340 t (335 long tons) loaded
Length: 55 m (180 ft 5 in)
Beam: 9 m (29 ft 6 in)
Draught: 2.9 m (9 ft 6 in)
Propulsion:
Speed:
  • Baseline speed 25 knots (46 km/h)
  • Economical speed 12 knots (22 km/h)
  • Loiter speed 4-7 knots
Range: 3,000 nmi (5,600 km)
Complement: 20 (+2) Navy, 4 Govt. agency officers, 12 additional personnel
Armament:
  • 3 × 12.75 mm machine guns, mounted forward and two either side of the funnel
  • Small arms

HMNZS Hawea is a Protector-class inshore patrol boat of the Royal New Zealand Navy. Hawea was constructed between 2004 and 2007, and commissioned on 1 May 2009.[1] She performs border and fisheries protection patrols.

Hawea is the third ship of this name to serve in the Royal New Zealand Navy and is named after Lake Hawea.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Project Protector". New Zealand Ministry of Defence. August 2009. Retrieved 2009-08-26.

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