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HMNZS Kahu (A04)
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HMNZS Kahu (A04) was a Moa class
Moa class patrol boat
The Moa-class patrol boat is a class of patrol boats built between 1978 and 1985 for the Royal New Zealand Navy by the Whangarei Engineering and Construction Company...
inshore patrol vessel of the Royal New Zealand Navy
Royal New Zealand Navy
The Royal New Zealand Navy is the maritime arm of the New Zealand Defence Force...
. She was launched in 1979 as the lead boat of her class, modified to function as a diving tender
Diving support vessel
A diving support vessel is a ship that is used as a floating base for professional diving projects.Commercial Diving Support Vessels emerged during the 1960s and 1970s when the need arose for diving operations to be performed below and around oil production platforms and associated installations in...
. She was initially named HMNZS Manawanui (A09), the second
HMNZS Manawanui
HMNZS Manawanui can refer to* HMNZS Manawanui - the first diving tender of the New Zealand navy from 1953 to 1978* HMNZS Kahu - the second diving tender, called HMNZS Manawanui from 1978 to 1988...
of three diving tenders with this name to serve in the New Zealand Navy. As a diving tender she participated in the exploration and salvage work of the wreck MS Mikhail Lermontov in March 1986.
On 17 May 1988, she was renamed Kahu (A04) and recommissioned as the basic seamanship and navigation training vessel attached to the Royal New Zealand Naval College. Kahu is the second
HMNZS Kahu
HMNZS Kahu has been the name of* HMNZS Kahu was a Fairmile B motor launch, 1943–1965* HMNZS Kahu was a Moa class patrol boat used for training purposes, 1988-2009...
boat with this name to serve in the New Zealand Navy. Kāhu also is the Māori
Maori language
Māori or te reo Māori , commonly te reo , is the language of the indigenous population of New Zealand, the Māori. It has the status of an official language in New Zealand...
name for a New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
native harrier hawk. She was replaced in her role as a diving tender by HMNZS Manawanui (A09)
HMNZS Manawanui (A09)
HMNZS Manawanui was commissioned in 1988 as a diving support vessel for the Royal New Zealand Navy. Originally she was built as a diving support vessel, the Star Perseus, for North Sea oil rig operations....
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She remained in service for seamanship
Seamanship
Seamanship is the art of operating a ship or boat.It involves a knowledge of a variety of topics and development of specialised skills including: navigation and international maritime law; weather, meteorology and forecasting; watchstanding; ship-handling and small boat handling; operation of deck...
, Officer of the Watch
Watchstanding
Watchstanding, or watchkeeping, in nautical terms concerns the division of qualified personnel to operate a ship continuously around the clock. On a typical sea going vessel, be it naval or merchant, personnel keep watch on the bridge and over the running machinery...
training and as a backup diving tender until her decommissioning on 30 October 2009. The ship was sold for use as a pleasure craft on 18 February 2010.
Kahu was distinguished from other boats of the Moa class by the gantry on her quarterdeck and lack of funnels.
See also
- Patrol boats of the Royal New Zealand NavyPatrol boats of the Royal New Zealand NavyCommissioned patrol boats of the Royal New Zealand Navy after World War II to the present.-Lake class inshore patrol boats:-Moa class inshore patrol boats:-Protector class inshore patrol boats:-Protector class offshore patrol boats:...
- Diving tenders of the Royal New Zealand NavyDiving tenders of the Royal New Zealand NavyDiving tenders of the Royal New Zealand Navy from its formation on 1 October 1941 to the present. There have been three diving tenders and they have all had the same name.Manawanui is a Māori word meaning "to be brave or steadfast".-See also:...