HMNZS Pukaki (2008)

Pukaki at Queens Wharf, Wellington
History
New Zealand
Name	HMNZS Pukaki
Namesake	Lake Pukaki
Builder	Tenix Defence, Whangārei
Launched	6 May 2008
Christened	10 May 2008[1]
Stricken	17 October 2019
Identification	IMO number: 9368510 MMSI number: 512157000 Callsign: ZMZL Pennant number: P3568
Fate	Sold to the Irish Naval Service
Ireland
Name	LÉ Gobnait
Namesake	Gobnait
Cost	€13 million (2022)
Acquired	13 March 2022
Identification	IMO number: 9368510 MMSI number: 512157000 Callsign: EIA2733 Pennant number: P72
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	2 × MAN B&W 12VP185 engines rated at 2,500 kW at 1,907 rpm ZF 7640 NR gearboxes 2 controllable pitch propellers
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)
Complement	20 (+2) Navy, 4 Govt. agency officers, 12 additional personnel
Armament	3 × 12.75 mm machine guns, mounted forward and two either side of the funnel

HMNZS Pukaki was a Lake-class inshore patrol vessel inshore patrol boat of the Royal New Zealand Navy. Pukaki was launched in Whangārei Harbour on 6 May 2008. Its primary duties included border and fisheries protection patrols, surveillance, boarding operations and search and rescue response. Decommissioned in 2019, it was sold to Ireland for use by the Irish Naval Service in 2022. Together with its sister Rotoiti, Pukaki was renamed and commissioned into Irish service, as LÉ Gobnait, in September 2024.