HMNZS Wakakura (P3555)

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HMNZS Wakakura in Devonport
Career (New Zealand)	Royal New Zealand Navy
Namesake:	HMNZS Wakakura (T00)
Builder:	Whangarei Engineering and Construction Company
Commissioned:	26 Mar 1985
Decommissioned:	29 Nov 2007
Homeport:	Auckland
Fate:	decommissioned
General characteristics
Class and type:	Moa-class inshore patrol vessel
Displacement:	91.5 ton standard; 105 ton full load
Length:	27 metres
Beam:	6.1 metres
Draught:	2.4 metres
Propulsion:	Two Cummins diesels (710 hp) Twin shafts
Speed:	12 knots
Range:	3000 nm (6000 km)
Complement:	18: 5 Officers: 3 Senior Rates: 10 Ratings
Sensors and processing systems:	Navigation Radar Racal Decca 916 I Band
Armament:	1 x 12.7mm MG

HMNZS Wakakura (P3555) is a Moa-class inshore patrol vessel of the Royal New Zealand Navy. It was commissioned in March 1985 for the Naval Volunteer Reserve. Wakakura was attached to the Wellington division of the Naval Volunteer Reserve from her commissioning to 2005 when she returned to the fleet base in Auckland.

On Thursday 29 November 2007 the Wellington Dominion Post reported that Kiwi, in company with Wakakura, would carry out farewell manoeuvres that day, flying a paying-off pennant, in Waitemata Harbour prior to decommissioning.

Wakakura is the second ship of this name to serve in the New Zealand Navy. The first ship was the training minesweeper HMNZS Wakakura (T00) (1926–1947). Wakakura is a Māori word which could mean "precious canoe" or could mean "training boat".

[edit] See also

• Patrol boats of the Royal New Zealand Navy

[edit] Reference

• McDougall, R J (1989) New Zealand Naval Vessels. Government Printing Office. ISBN 978-0-477-01399-4