History | |
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New Zealand | |
Builder | Brooke Marine, United Kingdom |
Commissioned | 1975 |
Decommissioned | 1991 |
Identification | Pennant number: P3570 |
Fate | Decommissioned and sold |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Lake-class inshore patrol vessel |
Displacement | 105 tons standard 135 tons full load |
Length | 107.8 ft (32.9 m) |
Beam | 20 ft (6.1 m) |
Draught | 11.1 ft (3.4 m) |
Propulsion | 2 × Paxman 12Y JCM diesels 3000 hp, 2 shafts |
Speed | 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) |
Range | 3,000 nmi (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) |
Complement | 21 |
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HMNZS Taupo was a Lake-class patrol vessel of the Royal New Zealand Navy. Taupo was commissioned in 1975 and decommissioned in 1991, serving for 16 years.[1]
Taupo was one of three ships of this name to serve in the Royal New Zealand Navy and is named after Lake Taupo.