HMNZS Manawanui during RIMPAC 2020
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History | |
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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[4] |
Sponsored by | Jacinda Ardern |
Christened | 7 June 2019 |
Commissioned | 7 June 2019[2] |
Homeport | Gisborne[3] |
Identification | |
Status | In Service |
General characteristics | |
Type |
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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 |
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Speed | 13 knots (24 km/h)[5] |
Range | 7,000 nautical miles (13,000 km)[5] |
Capacity | |
Complement | 39 core crew[5] |
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.[4]
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.[2]