HMNZS Taupo (2008)

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NameHMNZS Taupo
Namesake Lake Taupo
Builder Tenix Defence
Launched23 August 2008
Christened23 August 2008
Commissioned29 May 2009
Homeport Devonport Naval Base
Identification
Statusin active service
General characteristics
Class and type Lake-class inshore patrol vessel
Displacement340 t (335 long tons) loaded
Length55 m (180 ft 5 in)
Beam9 m (29 ft 6 in)
Draught2.9 m (9 ft 6 in)
Propulsion
Speed
  • Baseline speed 25 knots (46 km/h)
  • Economical speed 12 knots (22 km/h)
  • Loiter speed 4-7 knots
Range3,000 nmi (5,600 km)
Complement20 (+2) Navy, 4 Govt. agency officers, 12 additional personnel
Armament
  • 3 × 12.7 mm machine guns, mounted forward and two either side of the funnel
  • Small arms

HMNZS Taupo is a Lake-class inshore patrol vessel of the Royal New Zealand Navy. Taupo was delivered to the Ministry of Defence on 28 May 2009 and commissioned into the Royal New Zealand Navy on 29 May 2009. Taupo is the third ship of this name to serve in the Royal New Zealand Navy and is named after Lake Taupo. Two of the four Lake-class vessels were sold to the Irish Naval Service in 2023 and were commissioned into Irish service 4 September 2024. [1] Taupo was not one of them and as of 2025 it remains in Royal New Zealand Navy service.

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References

  1. ↑ O'Flaherty, Marian (4 September 2024). "Two inshore patrol vessels commissioned in Haulbowline". RTE.

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