HMNZS Kahu (A04)

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Kahu On The Slip In Devonport.jpg
Being maintained at the Devonport Naval Base in 2008.
History
Naval Ensign of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
NameKahu
Namesake HMNZS Kahu (ML400)
BuilderWhangarei Engineering and Construction Company
Laid down8 December 1978
CompletedMay 1979
Commissioned17 May 1988
Decommissioned30 October 2009
HomeportNew Plymouth, New Zealand
Identification
FateSold for use as a pleasure craft, 2010
General characteristics
Class and type Moa-class inshore patrol vessel
Displacement91.5 ton standard; 105 ton full load
Length122 ft (37 m)
Beam6.1 m (20 ft)
Draught2.4 m (7 ft 10 in)
Decks4
PropulsionTwo Cummins diesels (710 hp (530 kW)) twin shafts
Speed13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Range3,000 nmi (5,600 km; 3,500 mi)
Sensors and
processing systems		Navigation Radar Racal Decca 916 I Band

HMNZS Kahu (A04) was a Moa-class inshore patrol vessel of the Royal New Zealand Navy. She was launched in 1979 as the lead boat of her class, modified to function as a diving tender. She was initially named HMNZS Manawanui (A09), [1] the second of soon to be four diving tenders with this name to serve in the New Zealand Navy. As a diving tender she participated in the exploration and salvage work of the wreck MS Mikhail Lermontov in March 1986. [1]

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On 17 May 1988, she was renamed Kahu (A04) and recommissioned as the basic seamanship and navigation training vessel attached to the Royal New Zealand Naval College. Kahu is the second boat with this name to serve in the New Zealand Navy. (The name comes from the Māori-language kāhu - the name for the native swamp harrier hawk.) The ship was replaced in her role as a diving tender by HMNZS Manawanui (A09).

She remained in service for seamanship, Officer of the Watch training and as a backup diving tender until her decommissioning on 30 October 2009. The ship was sold for use as a pleasure craft on 18 February 2010. [2]

Kahu was distinguished from other boats of the Moa class by the gantry on her quarterdeck and lack of funnels.

Post RNZN Career

After leaving the Royal New Zealand Navy she was sold to Peter White-Robinson and renamed Kahu. In 2011 she underwent a year long refit at Fitzroy Yachts in New Plymouth, converting her to a 'family ship'. In 2013 she was sold. [3]

In 2021 the vessel was involved in a £160,000,000 drugs bust when she was intercepted by HMC Searcher 130 km off the coast of Plymouth. [4] 1 British Citizen and 5 Nicaraguan citizens were arrested. 2000kgs of Cocaine was reported to be onboard. [5]

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Notes

  1. 1 2 "Final farewell visits for "Little ship that could"". New Zealand Defence Force. 28 September 2009. Archived from the original on 1 October 2009. Retrieved 1 October 2009.
  2. ↑ "Navy's 'little ship that could' is sold". New Zealand Defence Force. 17 February 2010. Retrieved 20 February 2010.
  3. ↑ "Ex-navy vessel transformed into super yacht in New Plymouth caught up in multimillion-dollar international drug bust". Stuff. 12 September 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  4. ↑ "Six in court over cocaine seized off Plymouth coast". BBC News. 13 September 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  5. ↑ "Six arrested in $225 million drug bust on former NZ Navy vessel". NZ Herald. Retrieved 15 September 2021.

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