HMNZS Monowai (A06)

Built in 1960, the ship was originally used as a civilian supply and passenger vessel by the New Zealand Government, under the name GMV Moana Roa, before being acquired by the RNZN in 1974.After being decommissioned she was sold to civilian operators in Britain in 1998 for conversion to a cruise ship, but was found unsuitable for the role and eventually sent to Spanish shipbreakers in 2002.Propulsion machinery consisted of two 7-cylinder two-stroke TAD 36 Clark Sulzer diesels, which provided 3,640 horsepower (2,710 kW) to the controllable pitch propellers The ship had a top speed of 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph).[1] She was acquired by the Royal New Zealand Navy in 1974 and converted over a two-year period in Scotland 1975-77 to replace her predecessor, HMNZS Lachlan.[citation needed] She carried a helicopter and undertook rescue or aid missions, saving the lives of eight people during the New Zealand to Tonga Yacht Regatta.
HMNZS MonowaiLake MonowaiGrangemouth DockyardIMO numberHydrographic survey vessel20 mm Oerlikonshydrographic surveyRoyal New Zealand Navylength overallHMNZS LachlanMāori1987 Fijian coups d'étatHMNZS ResolutionSurvey ships of the Royal New Zealand NavyMassey University