HMNZS Otago (P148)

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Career (New Zealand) Naval flag of New Zealand Royal New Zealand Navy
Namesake: HMNZS Otago (F111)
Ordered: 29 July 2004
Builder: Tenix[1]
Laid down: December 2005
Launched: 18 November 2006[1]
Homeport: Dunedin[2]
Fate: Fitting out
General characteristics
Class and type: Protector class off-shore patrol vessel
Displacement: 1600 tonnes[3]
Length: 85 metres[3]
Beam: 14 metres[3]
Draught: 3.6 metres
Propulsion: 2 × MAN B&W 12RK280 diesel engines with a continuous rating of 5,400 kW at 1,000 rpm
Speed: Baseline speed 22 knots[3]
Economical speed 12 knots
Loiter speed 4-10 knots
Range: 6000nm[3]
Boats and landing
craft carried:
2 × RHIB (7.74m) or
1 × special forces RHIB (11m)
Capacity: 30 passengers[3]
1 × sea container
1 × 15 tonne crane aft
Complement: 35 + 10 flight personnel + 4 personnel from Government agencies[3]
Sensors and
processing systems:
Optical fire control
Armament: 1 × remote controlled MSI DS25 Stabilized Naval Gun with 25mm M242 Bushmaster cannon
2 × .50 calibre machine guns
Small arms
Armour: None
Aircraft carried: 1 × SH-2 Seasprite helicopter. Can be armed with a combination of homing torpedoes, depth charges, Maverick Air to Surface missiles, M60 Machine Gun.

HMNZS Otago (P148) is a Protector class off-shore patrol vessel under construction for the Royal New Zealand Navy. The ship is being built by Tenix[1] as part of the New Zealand government's Royal New Zealand Navy Future Plans,[3] and is expected to enter service in November 2007. She was launched in Williamstown, Victoria on 18 November 2006 and sponsored by Dame Silvia Cartwright.[1] The first commanding officer of Otago will be Lieutenant Commander John Butcher.[1]

The ship is named in honour of HMNZS Otago (F111), a Rothesay-class frigate serving in the Royal New Zealand Navy from 1960 until 1983.[2]

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