HMNZS Resolution (A-14)
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HMNZS Resolution (A 14) is the hydrographic ship of the Royal New Zealand Navy.
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[edit] Specifications
- Standard displacement: 2,262 tonnes
- Length overall: 68 m
- Beam: 13 m
- Draught:4.4 m
- Speed: 11 knots (20 km/h)
- Range: 21,500 nautical miles (39,800 km)
- Complement:41 (7 officers, 34 ratings) max accommodation 45
- Propulsion:Four Caterpillar D398B diesel generators 3,200 hp (2.4 MW)
- Twin shafts. Bow thruster 550 hp (410 kW)
[edit] History
[edit] United States service
First commissioned as the Ocean Surveillance Ship USS Tenacious on 29 September 1989.
During the Cold War, ocean surveillance ships patrolled the world's oceans searching for Soviet Navy submarines. Their data was collected using the Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System (SURTASS) comprised of listening devices and electronic equipment that transmit the acoustic data via satellite to shore for analysis. SURTASS is a linear array of 8,575 ft deployed on a 6,000 ft (1.8 km) tow cable and neutrally buoyant. The array can operate at depths between 500 and 1,500 ft (150 and 450 m).
Tenacious was sold to New Zealand on 6 Feb 1997.
[edit] New Zealand service
Resolution replaces HMNZ Ships Tui and Monowai as the Navy's primary survey and acoustic research vessel.
She is named after the sailing vessel HMS Resolution, used by Captain James Cook, RN, during his second and third voyages to New Zealand between 1772 and 1779, thus recognising the extensive hydrographic survey work Cook and his team completed.
The ship's home port is Gisborne. HMNZS Resolution also provides a scholarship for under-privileged high school students to participate in a 10 day passage on the Spirit of New Zealand.
The inshore Survey Motor Boat (SMB) Adventure is operated as a tender from HMNZS Resolution.
