 Pukaki at Queens Wharf, Wellington
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| History | |
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 New Zealand | |
| Name | HMNZS Pukaki |
| Namesake | Lake Pukaki |
| Builder | Tenix Defence, Whangārei |
| Launched | 6 May 2008 |
| Christened | 10 May 2008 |
| Stricken | 17 October 2019 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Sold to the Irish Naval Service |
 Ireland | |
| Name | LÉ Gobnait |
| Namesake | Gobnait |
| Cost | €13 million (2022) |
| Acquired | 13 March 2022 |
| Identification |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Lake-class inshore patrol vessel |
| Displacement | 340 t (335 long tons) loaded |
| Length | 55 m (180 ft 5 in) |
| Beam | 9 m (29 ft 6 in) |
| Draught | 2.9 m (9 ft 6 in) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed |
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| Range | 3,000 nmi (5,600 km) |
HMNZS Pukaki was a Lake-class inshore patrol vessel inshore patrol boat of the Royal New Zealand Navy. Pukaki was launched in Whangārei Harbour on 6 May 2008. Its primary duties included border and fisheries protection patrols, surveillance, boarding operations and search and rescue response. Decommissioned in 2019, it was sold to Ireland for use by the Irish Naval Service in 2022. Together with its sister Rotoiti, Pukaki was renamed and commissioned into Irish service, as LÉ Gobnait, in September 2024.
New Zealand service
Commissioned in 2009, Pukaki was the third ship of this name to serve in the Royal New Zealand Navy and is named after Lake Pukaki.
Pukaki was decommissioned at Devonport Naval Base on 17 October 2019. Regulatory changes in 2012 resulted in operating restrictions around speed and sea states being imposed on them. Subsequently the RNZN assessed them as no longer being suited to the heavy seas typically encountered off New Zealand and further afield.
In 2022, Pukaki, along with her sister Rotoiti, was sold to Ireland for use by the Irish Naval Service. Both ships were purchased by Irish Department of Defence for €26m.
Irish service
Pukaki and Rotoiti were transported, from New Zealand to Ireland, by the heavy lift transport ship Happy Dynamic. Arriving in Ireland in May 2023, they were delivered to the Irish naval base at Haulbowline in Cork Harbour where they underwent a refit.
Pukaki was renamed and commissioned into Irish service, as LÉ Gobnait, in September 2024. The vessel is primarily intended for fisheries protection patrols in the Irish Sea.
See also
References
- "Pukaki - Patrol Vessel Named", Navy Today, no. 133, New Zealand: Defence Public Relations Unit, p. 36, 8 June 2008
- "New Zealand Navy retires two inshore patrol vessels". Naval Today. 17 October 2019. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
- Laffan, Rebecca (13 March 2022). "Government purchases two inshore patrol vessels from New Zealand in €26m investment". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
- O'Connor, Niall (13 May 2023). "Two new Irish Naval vessels to arrive into Cork Harbour tomorrow". The Journal.
- Dee, Neil (6 September 2024). "Irish Naval Service commissions two inshore patrol vessels". janes.com. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
- Ashmore, Jehan (24 July 2024). "LÉ Aoibhinn Sets its Paces Across Dublin Bay Along with Berthing Trials in Dun Laoghaire Harbour". Afloat. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
the former HMZNS Pukaki, now LÉ Gobnait (P72)
- "LÉ Gobnait, Patrol Vessel, IMO 9368510". vesselfinder.com. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
History 2024 Ireland LE GOBNAIT 2009 New Zealand PUKAKI (P 3568)
- Ashmore, Jehan (7 August 2024). "Defence Forces Have No Decision Made on Location of New East Coast Navy Base for €26m Cutters". Afloat. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
minister for Defence, Simon Coveney officially announced they would be primarily used for fishery protection patrols in the Irish Sea
External links
Media related to HMNZS Pukaki (ship, 2008) at Wikimedia Commons- Vessel information on RNZN Website (archived 2020)
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