HMNZS ROTOITI - P3569 - HMNZS Rotoiti is a Protector-class inshore patrol boat of the Royal New Zealand Navy. These boats perform border and fishery protection patrols.

 

She was fitted out in Whangarei and on 20 November 2007 started contractor sea trials. After delays due to problems with gear and fittings, she was commissioned on 17 April 2009,[1] and arrived at the Devonport Naval Base for the first time on 24 April 2009. HMNZS Rotoiti is the first of her class to be commissioned in the Royal New Zealand Navy.

The ship's first commanding officer is Lieutenant Alistair McHaffie, a son of the former chief of the New Zealand Navy Admiral Peter McHaffie.

Rotoiti is the third boat of this name to serve in the Royal New Zealand Navy and is named after Lake Rotoiti.

Name: HMNZS Rotoiti

Namesake: Lake Rotoiti

Commissioned: 17 April 2009 [1]

Identification: Pennant number: P3569

Status: Active service from 24 April 2009

General characteristics

Class and type: Protector-class inshore patrol boat

Displacement: 340 t (335 long tons) loaded

Length: 55 m (180 ft 5 in)

Beam: 9 m (29 ft 6 in)

Draught: 2.9 m (9 ft 6 in)

Propulsion:

2 × MAN B&W 12VP185 engines rated at 2,500 kW at 1,907 rpm

ZF 7640 NR gearboxes

2 controllable pitch propellers

Speed:

Baseline speed 25 knots (46 km/h)

Economical speed 12 knots (22 km/h)

Loiter speed 4-7 knots

Range: 3,000 nmi (5,600 km)

Boats & landing

craft carried: 2 × RHIB

Complement: 20 (+2) Navy, 4 Govt. agency officers, 12 additional personnel

Armament:

3 × 12.75 mm machine guns, two either side of the funnel and one in reserve. (Two weapons are currently in non operational restoration condition

Small arms

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