HMNZS Maimai


HMNZS Maimai
History
New Zealand
NameMaimai
BuilderStevenson & Cook, Port Chalmers
Launched25 February 1943
Commissioned15 September 1943
Decommissioned1945
IdentificationPennant number: T338
FateScrapped 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 Maimai was one of eight steel New Zealand-built Castle-class ships built and commissioned by the Royal New Zealand Navy during World War II.