HMNZS Tarapunga was a modified Moa class inshore patrol vessel of the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) HMNZS Tarapunga was a modified Moa class inshore patrol vessel of the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN). She was built by 1980 by the Whangarei Engineering and Construction Company as a version re-engineered for use as an inshore survey vessel. After decommissioning, she was purchased by North American owners and can be seen in Harper’s Island Episode 1,Continue reading “Survey Ships and Oceanographic Research – HMNZS Tarapunga – Moa Class (A08)”
Category Archives: Survey Ships and Oceanographic Research
Survey Ships and Oceanographic Research – HMNZS Takapu – Moa Class (A07)
HMNZS – Takapu (A07) was a modified Moa class inshore patrol vessel of the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) She was built by 1980 by the Whangarei Engineering and Construction Company as a version re-engineered for use as an inshore survey vessel. HMNZS Takapu completed service in 2000 and was sold into private ownership. The vessel was converted for private use following an extensive refit.Continue reading “Survey Ships and Oceanographic Research – HMNZS Takapu – Moa Class (A07)”
Survey Ships and Oceanographic Research – HMNZS Resolution (A14)
HMNZS Resolution (A14) was a hydrographic ship of the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) Originally the United States Naval Ship USNS Tenacious (T-AGOS-17), the Stalwart-class ocean surveillance ship was used by the United States to locate and track Soviet submarines from 1989 to 1997, when she was transferred to the RNZN for use as a hydrographic survey ship. She served until 27 April 2012. She wasContinue reading “Survey Ships and Oceanographic Research – HMNZS Resolution (A14) “
Survey Ships and Oceanographic Research – HMNZS Monowai
HMNZS Monowai (A06) was a hydrographic survey vessel of the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN). Built in 1960, the ship was originally used as a civilian supply and passenger vessel by the New Zealand Government, under the name GMV Moana Roa, before being acquired by the RNZN in 1974. She was commissioned into the RNZN in 1975 for the voyage to Scotland for conversionContinue reading “Survey Ships and Oceanographic Research – HMNZS Monowai”
Survey Ships and Oceanographic Research – HMAS/HMNZS Lachlan
HMNZS Lachlan and V bomber HMNZS Lachlan as a survey ship in Tamatea / Dusky Sound, South Island HMAS Lachlan (K364/F364) (later HMNZS Lachlan (F364)) was a River-class frigate that served the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) from 1945 to 1949. The vessel was later transferred to the Royal New Zealand Navy serving as surveyor until 1975 and was eventually scrapped in 1993. Construction and design[edit] Lachlan was laid down by Mort’s Dock & Engineering Company, Sydney on 22 March 1943Continue reading “Survey Ships and Oceanographic Research – HMAS/HMNZS Lachlan”
