HMNZS Manawanui (2019)
![]() Norwegian offshore support vessel MV Edda Fonn currently reequipping as HMNZS Manawanui | |
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Name: | MV Edda Fonn |
Builder: | Myklebust Verft AS[1] |
Launched: | 2003[1] |
Fate: | Sold to New Zealand 2018 |
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Name: | HMNZS Manawanui |
Cost: | NZ$103 million 2018[2] |
Commissioned: | Expected 2019 |
Homeport: | Gisborne[3] |
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Status: | Undergoing conversion |
General characteristics | |
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Displacement: | 5,741 tonnes full load[4] |
Length: | 84.7 m (278 ft)[4] |
Beam: | 18.0 m (59.1 ft)[4] |
Draught: | 6.8 m (22 ft)[4] |
Propulsion: |
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Speed: | 13 knots (24 km/h)[4] |
Range: | 7,000 nautical miles (13,000 km)[4] |
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Complement: | 39 core crew[4] |
Aircraft carried: | 1 helicopter |
HMNZS Manawanui is a multi-role offshore support vessel currently being equipped for commissioning with the Royal New Zealand Navy. The ship will replace two decommissioned vessels, the hydrographic survey ship HMNZS Resolution and the diving support vessel HMNZS Manawanui.[2]
Defence officials reviewed 150 vessels before identifying the 85-metre Norwegian built MV Edda Fonn as suitable for conversion. Edda Fonn will be equipped with the diving and hydrographic systems required by the Navy. It is scheduled for delivery in May 2019 and for commissioning in November 2019.[2]
See also
- RV Tangaroa - NIWA ice-strengthened research ship
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Edda Fon Østensjø Rederi website. Retrieved: 30 August 2018.
- 1 2 3 "The Government has approved the purchase of a dive and hydrographic support vessel for the Royal New Zealand Navy Official website of the New Zealand Government, 22 August 2018.
- ↑ Gisborne home port for navy’s new vessel Gisborne Herald, 28 August 2018.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 RNZN website. Accessed 30 August 2018.
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