HMNZS Wakakura in Devonport
Career (New Zealand)	Royal New Zealand Navy
Namesake:	HMNZS Wakakura (T00)
Builder:	Whangarei Engineering and Construction Company
Commissioned:	26 Mar 1985
Decommissioned:	29 Nov 2007
Homeport:	Auckland
Fate:	decommissioned
General characteristics
Class and type:	Moa-class inshore patrol vessel
Displacement:	91. Devonport Naval Base is the home of the Royal New Zealand Navy, located at Devonport on Auckland 's North Shore. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island The Royal New Zealand Navy ( RNZN) (Maori Te Taua Moana, The Sea Army) is the maritime arm of the New Zealand Defence Force. See also Minesweepers of the Royal New Zealand Navy Events 1026 - Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Events 1777 - San Jose California, is founded as el Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The Auckland metropolitan area or Greater Auckland, in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country Vessels of the class Altogether there were seven vessels in the class A patrol boat is a small naval vessel generally designed for coastal defense duties 5 ton standard; 105 ton full load
Length:	27 metres
Beam:	6. 1 metres
Draught:	2. 4 metres
Propulsion:	Two Cummins diesels (710 hp) Twin shafts
Speed:	12 knots
Range:	3000 nm (6000 km)
Complement:	18: 5 Officers: 3 Senior Rates: 10 Ratings
Sensors and processing systems:	Navigation Radar Racal Decca 916 I Band
Armament:	1 x 12. 7mm MG

HMNZS Wakakura (P3555) is a Moa-class inshore patrol vessel of the Royal New Zealand Navy. Vessels of the class Altogether there were seven vessels in the class A patrol boat is a small naval vessel generally designed for coastal defense duties It was commissioned in March 1985 for the Naval Volunteer Reserve. The Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve (RNZNVR is the volunteer reserve force of the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN Wakakura was attached to the Wellington division of the Naval Volunteer Reserve from her commissioning to 2005 when she returned to the fleet base in Auckland. Wellington (ˈwælɪŋtən is the Capital of New Zealand, the country's second largest urban area, the The Auckland metropolitan area or Greater Auckland, in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country

On Thursday 29 November 2007 the Wellington Dominion Post reported that Kiwi, in company with Wakakura, would carry out farewell manoeuvres that day, flying a paying-off pennant, in Waitemata Harbour prior to decommissioning. The Dominion Post is a metropolitan Broadsheet Newspaper published in Wellington New Zealand, owned by the Australian Fairfax

Wakakura is the second ship of this name to serve in the New Zealand Navy. The first ship was the training minesweeper HMNZS Wakakura (T00) (1926–1947). See also Minesweepers of the Royal New Zealand Navy Wakakura is a Māori word which could mean "precious canoe" or could mean "training boat". This article discusses the Māori people of New Zealand For their language see Māori language, and for other meanings see Māori (disambiguation.

See also

• Patrol boats of the Royal New Zealand Navy

Reference

• McDougall, R J (1989) New Zealand Naval Vessels. Commissioned Patrol boats of the Royal New Zealand Navy after WWII to the present Government Printing Office. ISBN 978-0-477-01399-4