HMNZS Wakakura (P3555)

For other ships with the same name, see HMNZS Wakakura.

HMNZS Wakakura in Devonport HMNZS Wakakura in Devonport
History
New Zealand
Namesake:	HMNZS Wakakura (T00)
Builder:	Whangarei Engineering and Construction Company
Commissioned:	26 March 1985
Decommissioned:	11 December 2007
Homeport:	Auckland
Fate:	decommissioned
General characteristics
Class & type:	Moa-class inshore patrol vessel
Displacement:	91.5 ton standard; 105 ton full load
Length:	27 m (89 ft)
Beam:	6.1 m (20 ft)
Draught:	2.4 m (7 ft 10 in)
Propulsion:	Two Cummins diesels (710 hp) Twin shafts
Speed:	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Range:	3,000 nmi (5,600 km; 3,500 mi)
Complement:	18: 5 Officers: 3 Senior Rates: 10 Ratings
Sensors and processing systems:	Navigation Radar Racal Decca 916 I Band
Armament:	1 × 12.7mm MG

HMNZS Wakakura (P3555) was a Moa-class inshore patrol vessel of the Royal New Zealand Navy. It was commissioned in March 1985 for the Naval Volunteer Reserve. Wakakura was attached to the Wellington division of the Naval Volunteer Reserve from her commissioning until 2005, when she returned to the fleet base in Auckland.

Wakakura, in company with Kiwi, carried out farewell manoeuvres on 29 November 2007, flying a paying-off pennant, in Waitemata Harbour prior to decommissioning on 11 December 2007.

Wakakura was the second ship of this name to serve in the New Zealand Navy. The first ship was the training minesweeper HMNZS Wakakura (T00) (1926–1947). Wakakura is a Māori word which could mean "precious canoe" or could mean "training boat".

As of 2013 HMNZS Wakakura (P3555) remains tied up at Wellington's Queen's Wharf

See also

• Patrol boats of the Royal New Zealand Navy

References

• McDougall, R J (1989) New Zealand Naval Vessels. Government Printing Office. ISBN 978-0-477-01399-4