HMNZS ROTOITI
By LT Andrew Hogg RNZN
On 12 May, ROTOITI hosted a few of the Defence Attachés accredited to New Zealand to a wet and blustery ‘Shop Window’ which included Boarding, J3 RHIB, Damage Control and Man Over Board demonstrations. The Defence Attaches were appreciative of our efforts, but glad to get ashore at the end of the day!
Since our docking and maintenance period, ROTOITI has been tasked with multi-agency operations in support of Customs and the Ministry of Fisheries, interspersed with sea training periods, largely off the upper North Island. We responded to a ‘Mayday’ call on 15 June, a tug was on fire north of Cape Rodney. The crew reacted immediately with a willingness to help those in distress. They conducted a professional fire fighting re-entry to the engine room of the tug, which was especially commendable considering it was an unknown compartment and actually on fire. Subsequently, the tug was able to be salvaged
[This month (August) we are to be the work up consort for RESOLUTION.]
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