HMNZS Pukaki (2008)

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HMNZS Pukaki (P3568) berthed at Queens Wharf, Wellington.
Pukaki at Queens Wharf, Wellington
History
New Zealand
NameHMNZS Pukaki
NamesakeLake Pukaki
BuilderTenix Defence, Whangarei
Launched6 May 2008
Christened10 May 2008[1]
Stricken17 October 2019
Identification
General characteristics
Class and typeLake-class inshore patrol vessel
Displacement340 t (335 long tons) loaded
Length55 m (180 ft 5 in)
Beam9 m (29 ft 6 in)
Draught2.9 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
Range3,000 nmi (5,600 km)
Complement20 (+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[]

References[]

  1. ^ Pukaki - Patrol Vessel Named - Navy Today, Defence Public Relations Unit, Issue 133, 8 June, p. 36
  2. ^ "New Zealand Navy retires two inshore patrol vessels". Naval Today. Retrieved 17 October 2019.

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