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HMNZS Maori (P3570)

History
Royal New Zealand naval ensignNew Zealand
Laid down1942
Commissioned1953
Decommissioned1963
IdentificationIMO number: 6809745
General characteristics
Class and typeFairmile B class motor launch
Displacement85 tons
Length112 ft (34 m)
Beam18 ft 3 in (5.56 m)
Draught4 ft 9 in (1.45 m)
PropulsionTwin petrol engines totaling 1,200 bhp
Speed20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Range1,500 mi (1,300 nmi; 2,400 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement16
Sensors and
processing systems		ASDIC
Armament1 × 3-lb Mk I gun

1 × twin 0.303-in Machineguns

12 depth charges
ArmourWheelhouse plated

HMNZS Maori (P3570) was a Fairmile B Motor Launch of the Royal New Zealand Navy

Originally commissioned on 20 December 1943 with pennant number Q 409, she was part of the 80th Motor Launch Flotilla. Early in 1944 she went to the Solomon Islands where she served under the operational control of COMSOPAC. After the end of the war she was sold.

In 1953 she was repurchased and recommissioned as HMNZS Maori (P3570).[1]

In 1963 she was sold again and became the Auckland-Waiheke ferry Iris Moana.

References

  1. ^ "The RNZN Fairmiles". Retrieved 14 November 2007.

Further reading

  • Cassells, K.R. (1993). The Fairmile Flotillas of The Royal New Zealand Navy. Wellington, NZ: New Zealand Ship & Marine Society. ISBN 095978344X.

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