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HMNZS Taupo (1975)

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Commissioned
  
1975

Identification
  
Pennant number P3570

Length
  
33 m

Builder
  
Brooke Marine

Decommissioned
  
1991

Fate
  
deleted

Draft
  
3.38 m

Class and type
  
Lake-class inshore patrol vessel

Displacement
  
105 tons standard 135 tons full load

HMNZS Taupo was a Lake-class inshore patrol vessel of the Royal New Zealand Navy. It was commissioned in 1975 and deleted in 1991.

Taupo was one of three ships of this name to serve in the Royal New Zealand Navy and is named after Lake Taupo.

References

HMNZS Taupo (1975) Wikipedia