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| History | |
|---|---|
 New Zealand | |
| Namesake | Lake Monowai |
| Builder | Grangemouth Dockyard |
| Laid down | 1960 |
| Acquired | 1975 |
| Commissioned | 1977 |
| Decommissioned | 1997 |
| Identification | IMO number: 5237969 |
| Nickname(s) | Ghost of the Coast |
| Fate | Scrapped in 2002 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Hydrographic survey vessel |
| Displacement | 3,900 tons full load |
| Length |
|
| Beam | 14.1 metres (46 ft) |
| Draught | 5.2 metres (17 ft) |
| Propulsion | 2 x 7-cylinder two-stroke TAD 36 Clark Sulzer diesels, 3,640 hp (2,694 kW) with CP propellers |
| Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Complement | 126 |
| Armament | 2 × 20 mm Oerlikons (fitted 1980) |
| Aircraft carried | 1 Wasp helicopter (from 1982) |
HMNZS Monowai (A06) was a hydrographic survey vessel of the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN). Built in 1960, the ship was originally used as a civilian supply and passenger vessel by the New Zealand Government, under the name GMV Moana Roa, before being acquired by the RNZN in 1974. She was commissioned into the RNZN in 1975 for the voyage to Scotland for conversion and commissioned into the RNZN in October 1977. She remained in RNZN service until April 1998, performing various duties such as coastal surveying, resupply, and surveillance. After being decommissioned she was sold to civilian operators in Britain in 1998 for conversion to a cruise ship, but was found unsuitable for the role and eventually sent to Spanish shipbreakers in 2002.