HMNZS Pukaki (2008)

Pukaki at Queens Wharf, Wellington
History
New Zealand
Name	HMNZS Pukaki
Namesake	Lake Pukaki
Builder	Tenix Defence, Whangarei
Launched	6 May 2008
Christened	10 May 2008[1]
Stricken	17 October 2019
Identification	IMO number: 9368510 MMSI number: 512157000 Callsign: ZMZL Pennant number: P3568
General characteristics
Class and type	Lake-class inshore patrol vessel
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	2 × MAN B&W 12VP185 engines rated at 2,500 kW at 1,907 rpm ZF 7640 NR gearboxes 2 controllable pitch propellers
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 Pukaki was a Lake-class inshore patrol vessel inshore patrol boat of the Royal New Zealand Navy. Pukaki was launched in Whangarei Harbour on 6 May 2008. Its primary duties included border and fisheries protection patrols, surveillance, boarding operations and search and rescue response.

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

HMNZS Pukaki was decommissioned at Devonport Naval Base on 17 October 2019.Regulatory changes in 2012 resulted in operating restrictions around speed and sea states being imposed on them. Subsequently the RNZN assessed them as no longer being suited to the heavy seas typically encountered off New Zealand and further afield.^[2]

See also[]

• Patrol boats of the Royal New Zealand Navy

References[]

External links[]

Media related to HMNZS Pukaki (ship, 2008) at Wikimedia Commons

• Official RNZN Website

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