HMNZS Matai (T01)
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| Career (NZ) |  Royal New Zealand Navy |
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| Name: | HMNZS Matai (T01) |
| Commissioned: | 1 April 1941 |
| Decommissioned: | 25 April 1945 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 1,050 tons gross, 383 tons net |
| Length: | 66.8 m (219 feet) |
| Beam: | 10.7 m (35.2 feet) |
| Propulsion: | triple expansion steam reciprocating, 1,050 ihp, twin shaft, oil |
| Speed: | 13/10 knots |
| Complement: | 81 |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
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| Armament: | 1x4 inch gun, 2x20mm Oerlikons, 2 MGs, 40 depth charges, |
HMNZS Matai (T01) was a Marine Department lighthouse tender which was requisitioned by the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) and converted into a minesweeper.
Matai was the government's lighthouse tender servicing the marine lights around New Zealand and offshore islands, and had been used for cable laying in the 1930s. She was named after a native tree.
She was requisitioned on 3 March 1941 and handed over to a dockyard for conversion.
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[edit] War career
On commissioning on 1 April 1941, Matai took over as the flotilla leader of the 25th Minesweeping Flotilla from Muritai and the flotilla began clearing a German minefield in the Hauraki Gulf.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- McDougall, R J (1989) New Zealand Naval Vessels. Page 69-78. Government Printing Office. ISBN 9780477013994
[edit] Further reading
- Harker, Jack (2000)The Rockies: New Zealand Minesweepers at War. Silver Owl Press. ISBN 0959797998
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