H It was commissioned in 1983 for the Naval Volunteer Reserve and decommissioned in 2007. Moa was the second ship of this name to serve in the Royal New Zealand Navy and was named after the Moa bird from New Zealand. After she was decommissioned in January 2007, she was sold on in March to a Picton builder who renamed the vessel Flightless. OnContinue reading “HMNZS Moa (P3553) was a Moa-class inshore patrol vessel of the Royal New Zealand Navy.”
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HMNZS Kiwi (P3554) was a Moa-class inshore patrol vessel of the Royal New Zealand Navy.
HMNZS Kiwi (P3554) was a Moa-class inshore patrol vessel HIt was commissioned in 1983 for the Naval Volunteer Reserve. Kiwi had been attached to the Christchurch division of the Naval Volunteer Reserve from her commissioning until relocating to Auckland in 2006. Kiwi, in company with Wakakura, carried out farewell manoeuvres on 29 November 2007, flying a paying-off pennant, in Waitemata HarbourContinue reading “HMNZS Kiwi (P3554) was a Moa-class inshore patrol vessel of the Royal New Zealand Navy.”
HMNZS Kahu (A04) was a Moa-class inshore patrol vessel of the Royal New Zealand Navy.
She was launched in 1979 as the lead boat of her class, modified to function as a diving tender. She was initially named HMNZS Manawanui (A09),[1] the second of soon to be four diving tenders with this name to serve in the New Zealand Navy. As a diving tender she participated in the exploration and salvage work of the wreck MS Mikhail Lermontov in March 1986.[1]Continue reading “HMNZS Kahu (A04) was a Moa-class inshore patrol vessel of the Royal New Zealand Navy.”
HMNZS Hinau (P3556) was a Moa-class inshore patrol vessel of the Royal New Zealand Navy.
French Pass , Reserve M C M fleetVR IPC’s MOA, KIWI, WAKAKURA and HINAU and KAHU transiting French Pass. It was commissioned in 1985 for the Naval Volunteer Reserve and decommissioned in 2007. Hinau is the second ship with this name to serve in the Royal New Zealand Navy. The name comes from the forest tree Elaeocarpus dentatus which is nativeContinue reading “HMNZS Hinau (P3556) was a Moa-class inshore patrol vessel of the Royal New Zealand Navy.”
HMNZS Taupo (P3570) was a Lake-class patrol vessel of the Royal New Zealand Navy. Taupo was commissioned in 1975 and decommissioned in 1991, serving for 16 years.
HMNZS Taupo Taupo was one of three ships of this name to serve in the Royal New Zealand Navy and is named after Lake Taupo. HMNZS Taupo – Tutukaka HMNZS Taupo chases the Kin Nan fishing ship through Taranaki waters. Design[edit] In the early 1970s the Royal New Zealand Navy sought a replacement for its ageing SMDL patrol craft, which datedContinue reading “HMNZS Taupo (P3570) was a Lake-class patrol vessel of the Royal New Zealand Navy. Taupo was commissioned in 1975 and decommissioned in 1991, serving for 16 years.”
