Lake-class patrol vessel [SEP] manufacturer
Lake-class patrol vessel
The Lake-class patrol vessel was a class of patrol vessels built in 1974 for the Royal New Zealand Navy by the British boat builders Brooke Marine.
There were four boats in the class:
- HMNZS "Pukaki" (P3568)
- HMNZS "Rotoiti" (P3569)
- HMNZS "Taupo" (P3570)
- HMNZS "Hawea" (P3571)
All the boats were commissioned in 1975 and decommissioned in 1991
See also.
- Patrol boats
Protector-class inshore patrol vessel
The Protector-class inshore patrol vessel (also known as the "Rotoiti" class and the Lake class) is a ship class of inshore patrol vessels (IPVs) of the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) which replaced the RNZN's s in 2007–2008. All four vessels are named after New Zealand lakes.
Following long-running Navy retention problems in the wake of NZDF "civilianisation", two of the four vessels were tied up, inactive, in a 'Reduced Activity