HMNZS Taupo (2008)

For other ships of the same name, see HMNZS Taupo.

HMNZS Taupo HMNZS Taupo, Protector class IPV
Career (New Zealand)
Name:	HMNZS Taupo
Namesake:	Lake Taupo
Builder:	Tenix Shipbuilding (NZ) Ltd
Launched:	23 August 2008
Christened:	23 August 2008
Commissioned:	29 May 2009
Homeport:	Devonport Naval Base
Status:	in active service, as of 2024
General characteristics
Class and type:	Protector-class inshore patrol boat
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:	2 × MAN B&W 12VP185 engines rated at 2,500 kW at 1,907 rpm ZF 7640 NR gearboxes 2 controllable pitch propellers
Speed:	Baseline speed 25 knots (46 km/h) Economical speed 12 knots (22 km/h) Loiter speed 4-7 knots
Range:	3,000 nmi (5,600 km)
Complement:	20 (+2) Navy, 4 Govt. agency officers, 12 additional personnel
Armament:	• 3 × 12.75 mm machine guns, mounted forward and two either side of the funnel • Small arms

HMNZS Taupo (P3570) 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.

See also

• Patrol boats of the Royal New Zealand Navy

External links

• Taupo (official website, Royal New Zealand Navy)