HMNZS Hawea (2007)
HMNZS Hawea is a Lake-class inshore patrol vessel 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.
HMNZS Hawea entering Otago Harbour in 2009 | |
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Name: | HMNZS Hawea |
Namesake: | Lake Hāwea |
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] |
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Fate: | in active service |
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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) |
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Range: | 3,000 nmi (5,600 km) |
Complement: | 20 (+2) Navy, 4 Govt. agency officers, 12 additional personnel |
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Hawea is the third ship of this name to serve in the Royal New Zealand Navy and is named after Lake Hāwea.
References
- "Project Protector". New Zealand Ministry of Defence. August 2009. Archived from the original on 2010-02-21. Retrieved 2009-08-26.
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