HMNZS Kahu (P3571) was a Fairmile B motor launch of the Royal New Zealand Navy.
 (Post war)
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| History | |
|---|---|
 New Zealand | |
| Laid down | 1942 |
| Commissioned | 1947 |
| Decommissioned | 1965 |
| Fate | Scrapped in 2023 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Fairmile B class motor launch |
| Displacement | 85 tons |
| Length | 112 ft (34 m) |
| Beam | 18 ft 3 in (5.56 m) |
| Draught | 4 ft 9 in (1.45 m) |
| Propulsion | Twin petrol engines totaling 1200 bhp |
| Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Range | 1,500 mi (1,300 nmi; 2,400 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Complement | 16 |
| Sensors and processing systems | asdic, the forerunner of sonar |
| Armament | 1 × 3-lb Mk I gun
1 × twin 0.303-in Machineguns 12 depth charges |
| Armour | Wheelhouse plated |
Originally commissioned on 20 December 1943, with the pendant number Q 411, she was part of the 80th Motor Launch Flotilla. Early in 1944, she went to the Solomon Islands where she served under the operational control of COMSOPAC.
She was recommissioned from 1947 to 1965 as HMNZS Kahu I (P3571) [1]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "The RNZN Fairmiles". Retrieved 14 November 2007.
Further reading
edit- Cassells, K.R. (1993). The Fairmile Flotillas of The Royal New Zealand Navy. Wellington, NZ: New Zealand Ship & Marine Society. ISBN 095978344X.
External links
edit- Wartime picture of ML Q 411 (Kahu I P3571) (scroll to bottom)
