HMNZS Hautapu

HMNZS Hautapu
History
New Zealand
NameHautapu
BuilderStevenson & Cook, Port Chalmers
Launched20 November 1942
Commissioned28 July 1943
Decommissioned1947
IdentificationPennant number: T26/T340
FateSunk at Shelly Bay in 1966
General characteristics
Class and typeCastle-class minesweeper
Displacement625 tons
Length135 ft (41 m)
Beam23 ft (7.0 m)
PropulsionSingle screw, triple reciprocating engine
Speed10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)

HMNZS Hautapu was one of eight steel New Zealand-built Castle-class trawlers built and commissioned by the Royal New Zealand Navy during World War II.