Monday, September 26, 2011

HMNZS Kiwi

 
The second NZ Navy vessel of this name (the first was a minesweeper from 1941), the Kiwi was a patrol boat built by the Whangarei Engineering and Construction Company and commissioned on 2 September 1984.  She served 22 years based at Lyttelton until 2006 when she was relocated to Auckland. She was decommissioned the following year on 11 December 2007.
 
Specifications
Class and type: Moa-class inshore patrol vessel 
Displacement: 91.5 tons standard; 105 tons full load 
Length: 27 metres 
Beam: 6.1 metres 
Draught: 2.4 metres 
Propulsion: Two Cummins diesels (710 hp) twin shafts 
Speed: 12 knots 
Range: 3000 nm (6000 km) 
Complement: 18:- 5 Officers: 3 Senior Rates: 10 Ratings 
Sensors and processing systems: Navigation Radar Racal Decca 916 I Band 
Armament: 1 x 12.7 mm MG

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