HMNZS Wakakura (P3555) was a Moa-class inshore patrol vessel of the Royal New Zealand Navy. It was commissioned in March 1985 for the Naval Volunteer Reserve. Service Wakakura was attached to the Wellington division of the Naval Volunteer Reserve from her commissioning until 2005, when she returned to the fleet base in Auckland. RNZNVR Wakakura Wakakura, in company with Kiwi, carried out farewell manoeuvres on 29 NovemberContinue reading “Moa Class – HMNZS Wakakura (P3555)”
Category Archives: Moa Class – All Moa class inshore patrol boats
Moa Class – HMNZS Moa (P3553)
HMNZS Moa (P3553) was a Moa-class inshore patrol vessel of the Royal New Zealand Navy. 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 toContinue reading “Moa Class – HMNZS Moa (P3553)”
Moa Class – HMNZS Kiwi (P3554)
HMNZS Kiwi (P3554) was a Moa-class inshore patrol vessel of the Royal New Zealand Navy. 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 Harbour prior toContinue reading “Moa Class – HMNZS Kiwi (P3554)”
Moa Class – HMNZS Hinau (P3556)
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 nameContinue reading “Moa Class – HMNZS Hinau (P3556)”
Moa Class – HMNZS Kahu (A04)
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 salvageContinue reading “Moa Class – HMNZS Kahu (A04)”
