Name HMNZS Taupo Christened 23 August 2008 Launched 23 August 2008 Draft 2.9 m | Namesake Lake Taupo Commissioned 29 May 2009 Length 55 m Builder Tenix | |
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HMNZS Taupo is a Protector-class inshore patrol boat of the Royal New Zealand Navy. Taupo was delivered to the Ministry of Defence on the 28 May 2009 and commissioned into the Royal New Zealand Navy on 29 May 2009. Taupo is the third ship of this name to serve in the Royal New Zealand Navy and is named after Lake Taupo.
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