Friday 7 January 2022

HMNZS Rotoiti (P3569) was a Lake-class patrol vessel of the Royal New Zealand Navy. It was commissioned in 1975 and deleted in 1991.


Rotoiti was one of three ships of this name to serve in the Royal New Zealand Navy and is named after either Lake Rotoiti in North Island, or Lake Rototi in South Island (or perhaps both).
New Zealand
Builder: Brooke Marine, Britain
Commissioned: 1975
Decommissioned: 1991
Identification: Pennant number: P3569
Fate: deleted
General characteristics
Class and type: Lake-class patrol vessel
Displacement:
105 tons standard
135 tons full load
Length: 107.8 ft (32.9 m)
Beam: 20 ft (6.1 m)
Draught: 11.1 ft (3.4 m)
Propulsion:
2 × Paxman 12Y JCM diesels
3000 hp, 2 shafts
Speed: 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)
Range: 3,000 nmi (5,600 km; 3,500 mi)
Complement: 21
Sensors and
processing systems: Navigation radar: Racal Decca 916 I band
Armament:
2 × 12.7mm machine guns
1 × 81mm mortar



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