HMNZS Hawea (2007)

HMNZS Hawea entering Otago Harbour in 2009
History
New Zealand
Name:	HMNZS Hawea
Namesake:	Lake Hawea
Builder:	BAE Systems Australia formerly Tenix Defence
Cost:	NZ$ 35.7 million (2004)
Launched:	11 December 2007
Christened:	15 December 2007
Commissioned:	1 May 2009
Identification:	Pennant number: P3571 IMO number: 9368508 MMSI number: 512156000 Callsign: ZMZO
Fate:	in active service
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 Hawea is a Protector-class inshore patrol boat of the Royal New Zealand Navy. Hawea was constructed between 2004 and 2007, and commissioned on 1 May 2009. She performs border and fisheries protection patrols.

Hawea is the third ship of this name to serve in the Royal New Zealand Navy and is named after Lake Hawea.