HMNZS Kahu (P3571) was a Fairmile B motor launch of the Royal New Zealand Navy.

(Post war)
History
Royal New Zealand naval ensignNew Zealand
Laid down1942
Commissioned1947
Decommissioned1965
FateScrapped in 2023
General characteristics
Class and typeFairmile B class motor launch
Displacement85 tons
Length112 ft (34 m)
Beam18 ft 3 in (5.56 m)
Draught4 ft 9 in (1.45 m)
PropulsionTwin petrol engines totaling 1200 bhp
Speed20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Range1,500 mi (1,300 nmi; 2,400 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement16
Sensors and
processing systems
asdic, the forerunner of sonar
Armament1 × 3-lb Mk I gun

1 × twin 0.303-in Machineguns

12 depth charges
ArmourWheelhouse 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

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References

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  1. ^ "The RNZN Fairmiles". Retrieved 14 November 2007.

Further reading

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  • Cassells, K.R. (1993). The Fairmile Flotillas of The Royal New Zealand Navy. Wellington, NZ: New Zealand Ship & Marine Society. ISBN 095978344X.
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