HMNZS Pukaki (P3568)

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Career (New Zealand) Naval flag of New Zealand Royal New Zealand Navy
Fate: under construction
General characteristics
Displacement: 340 tonnes (loaded)
Length: 55 metres
Beam: 9 metres
Draught: 2.9 metres
Propulsion: Two MAN B&W 12VP185 engines rated at 2,500 kW at 1,907 rpm
ZF 7640 NR gearboxes
Two controllable pitch propellers
Speed:

Baseline speed 25 knots (46 km/h)
Economical speed 12 knots (22 km/h)

Loiter speed 4-7 knots
Complement: 20 (+2) Navy 4 Govt agency officers 12 additional personnel
Armament: 3 x 12.75 mm machine gun, mounted forward and two either side of the funnel
Small arms

HMNZS Pukaki (P3568) is a Protector-class inshore patrol boat of the Royal New Zealand Navy. Pukaki is currently under construction and will commission in 2008. She will perform border and fisheries protection patrols.

Pukaki will be the third ship of this name to serve in the Royal New Zealand Navy and is named after Lake Pukaki.

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