Thursday 28 April 2022

Starman loads Lake Class patrol boats for the New Zealand Navy 1974



 
Starman  loads Lake Class patrol boats for the New Zealand Navy 1974 
   
 
  
     
 
 
  
     
 
 
  
Photographs above © Dick Young
 
 Lake Class (PC) Patrol Boats 
 

Displacement (tons): 105 Standard, 135 Full Load Dimensions (feet): 107.8 x 20 x 11.10 Propulsion: 2 x Paxman 12Y JCM diesels, 3,000 hp, 2 shafts Max. Speed (knots): 25 Armament: 2 x 12.7mm MGs, 1 x 81mm mortar Complement: 21 Commissioned: 24/2/75  All built by Brooke Marine Ltd., Lowestoft, England.

 
 Link:  Lake Class (PC) Patrol Boats 
   
 
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Starman  loads patrol boat for the New Zealand Navy. Several of these were carried from the UK to N.Z.


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