HMNZS Pukaki (2008)

For other ships with the same name, see HMNZS Pukaki.
Pukaki at Queens Wharf, Wellington.
History
New Zealand
Name: HMNZS Pukaki
Namesake: Lake Pukaki
Builder: Tenix Shipbuilding, Whangarei
Launched: 6 May 2008
Christened: 10 May 2008[1]
Identification: Pennant number: P3568
Fate: in active service as of February 2016
General characteristics
Class and 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 Pukaki is a Protector-class inshore patrol boat of the Royal New Zealand Navy. Pukaki was launched in Whangarei Harbour on 6 May 2008. Its primary duties include border and fisheries protection patrols, surveillance, boarding operations and search and rescue response.

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

See also

References

  1. ↑ Pukaki - Patrol Vessel Named - Navy Today, Defence Public Relations Unit, Issue 133, 8 June, Page 36

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