HMNZS Manawanui (2019)

HMNZS Manawanui is a multi-role offshore support vessel currently commissioned in the Royal New Zealand Navy. The ship replaces two decommissioned vessels, the hydrographic survey ship HMNZS Resolution and the diving support vessel HMNZS Manawanui.[2]

HMNZS Manawanui during RIMPAC 2020
History
Norway
Name:	MV Edda Fonn
Builder:	Myklebust Verft AS[1]
Launched:	2003[1]
Fate:	Sold to New Zealand 2018
New Zealand
Name:	HMNZS Manawanui
Cost:	NZ$147 million 2018[2]
Sponsored by:	Jacinda Ardern
Christened:	7 June 2019
Commissioned:	7 June 2019[3]
Homeport:	Gisborne[4]
Identification:	IMO number: 9273662 MMSI number: 257211000
Status:	In Service
General characteristics
Type:	Littoral operations vessel Hydrographic and diving support
Displacement:	5,741 tonnes full load[5]
Length:	84.7 m (278 ft)[5]
Beam:	18.0 m (59.1 ft)[5]
Draught:	6.8 m (22 ft)[5]
Propulsion:	4 × 1,920 kW (2,570 hp) 7,680 kW (10,300 bhp) total[1]
Speed:	13 knots (24 km/h)[5]
Range:	7,000 nautical miles (13,000 km)[5]
Capacity:	700 m^2 (7,500 sq ft) deck area[1] 800 tonnes deck cargo[1] 100 tonne crane[1] 66 passengers[5]
Complement:	39 core crew[5]

Defence officials reviewed 150 vessels before identifying the 85-metre Norwegian built MV Edda Fonn as suitable for conversion. It was delivered in May 2019 and commissioned on 7 June of the same year. Edda Fonn is equipped with the diving and hydrographic systems required by the Navy.[3]

See also

• RV Tangaroa - NIWA ice-strengthened research ship

References

1. Edda Fon Østensjø Rederi website. Retrieved: 30 August 2018.
2. "The Government has approved the purchase of a dive and hydrographic support vessel for the Royal New Zealand Navy Official website of the New Zealand Government, 22 August 2018.
3. "Commissioning of HMNZS Manawanui" (Press release). New Zealand First. 7 June 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
4. Gisborne home port for navy’s new vessel Gisborne Herald, 28 August 2018.
5. RNZN website. Accessed 30 August 2018.

External links

• HMNZS Manawanui official page
• Tour HMNZS Manawanui, NZ Defence Force, 15 June 2019, YouTube
• Jane's - as of 14 March 2019, the vessel has received its service livery and begun a series of sea trials off the coast of Denmark. The trials are being used to confirm that naval equipment on board the ship are performing as expected, the RNZN said via its official social media account on 15 March. Images of the vessel accompanying the post indicate the hull number as A 09.
• IHC Hytech Dutch based company delivered all the diving gear such as the machinery container, containerized decompression chamber, HD lars system, and a Wet bell with gantry handling system complete with dive control station.
• Ridzwan Rahmat, New Zealand begins final upgrades on new hydrographic vessel, Jane's Navy International, 5 May 2020. References Facebook post HMNZS Manawanui manoeuvring into Devonport Naval Base’s drydock (also of 5 May 2020).
• HMNZS Manawanui heads to RIMPAC, HMNZS Manawanui heads to Rim of the Pacific exercise around Hawaii.