Lake-class patrol vessel

For the current New Zealand patrol vessels sometimes referred to as the Lake class, see Protector-class inshore patrol vessel.
Class overview
Name: Lake-class patrol boat
Builders: Brooke Marine, Britain
Operators:  Royal New Zealand Navy
In service: 1975 - 1991
Completed: 4
Active: none
General characteristics
Type: Patrol vessel
Displacement: 105 tons standard, 135 tons full load
Length: 107.8 ft (32.9 m)
Beam: 20 ft (6.1 m)
Draught: 11.1 ft (3.4 m)
Propulsion:

2 x Paxman 12Y JCM diesels

3,000 hp, 2 shafts
Speed: 25 knots
Range: 3000 nm (6000 km)
Complement: 21
Armament:

2 x 12.7mm machine guns

1 x 81mm mortar

The Lake-class patrol vessel was a class of patrol vessels built in 1974 for the Royal New Zealand Navy by the British boat builders Brooke Marine.

There were four boats in the class:[Note 1]

All the boats were commissioned in 1975 and deleted in 1991

See also

Notes

  1. The later Protector class inshore patrol vessels reused the same pennant numbers.

References


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