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HMNZS Pukaki (1975)
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HMNZS Pukaki (1975) was a Lake class
Lake class patrol boat
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 * HMNZS Rotoiti...
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...
. It was commissioned in 1975 with pennant number P3568 and deleted in 1991.
Pukaki was one of three ships of this name to serve in the Royal New Zealand Navy and is named after Lake Pukaki
Lake Pukaki
Lake Pukaki is the largest of three roughly parallel alpine lakes running north-south along the northern edge of the Mackenzie Basin on New Zealand's South Island. The others are Lakes Tekapo and Ohau...
.