HMNZS Rotoiti (2007)

HMNZS Rotoiti was a Lake-class inshore patrol vessel inshore patrol boat of the Royal New Zealand Navy. These boats perform border and fishery protection patrols.

For other ships with the same name, see HMNZS Rotoiti.
History
New Zealand
Name: HMNZS Rotoiti
Namesake: Lake Rotoiti
Commissioned: 17 April 2009 [1]
Stricken: 17 October 2019
Identification:
General characteristics
Class and type: Lake-class inshore patrol vessel
Displacement: 340 t (335 long tons) loaded
Length: 55 m (180 ft 5 in)
Beam: 9 m (29 ft 6 in)
Draught: 2.9 m (9 ft 6 in)
Propulsion:
Speed:
  • Baseline speed 25 knots (46 km/h)
  • Economical speed 12 knots (22 km/h)
  • Loiter speed 4-7 knots
Range: 3,000 nmi (5,600 km)
Boats & landing
craft carried:		 2 × RHIB
Complement: 20 (+2) Navy, 4 Govt. agency officers, 12 additional personnel
Armament:
  • 3 × 12.75 mm machine guns, two either side of the funnel and one in reserve. (Two weapons are currently in non operational restoration condition
  • Small arms

She was fitted out in Whangarei and on 20 November 2007 started contractor sea trials. After delays due to problems with gear and fittings, she was commissioned on 17 April 2009,[1] and arrived at the Devonport Naval Base for the first time on 24 April 2009. HMNZS Rotoiti was the first of her class to be commissioned in the Royal New Zealand Navy.

The ship's first commanding officer is Lieutenant Alistair McHaffie, a son of the former chief of the New Zealand Navy Admiral Peter McHaffie.

Rotoiti was the third boat of this name to serve in the Royal New Zealand Navy and is named after Lake Rotoiti.

HMNZS Rotoiti was decommissioned at Devonport Naval Base on 17 October 2019. Regulatory changes in 2012 resulted in operating restrictions around speed and sea states being imposed on them. Subsequently the RNZN assessed them as no longer being suited to the heavy seas typically encountered off New Zealand and further afield.[2]

See also

References
  1. "Navy adds another new ship to its fleet". New Zealand Herald. 17 April 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-17.
  2. https://navaltoday.com/2019/10/17/new-zealand-navy-retires-two-inshore-patrol-vessels/
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