HMNZS MANAWANUI A09
Specifications:
Standard Displacement: 911 tonnes
Length Overall: 43 metres
Beam: 9.5 metres
Draught: 3.2 metres
Speed: 11 knots
Range: 5,000 nautical miles
Complement: 24 Officers and ratings
Propulsion: Two Caterpillar marine diesels (565 hp)
Two shafts
Bow thrusters
Diesel with CPP (Controllable Pitch Propeller)
HMNZS MANAWANUI was originally the STAR PERSEUS, built as a diving support vessel for North Sea oil rig operations. She was renamed and commissioned into the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) in 1988.
The Operational Dive Team (ODT) frequently work onboard MANAWANUI. The ODT are the premier divers of the RNZN, trained for deep diving with mixed gases, underwater demolition and unexploded ordnance disposal.
MANAWANUI has a triple lock recompression chamber, a crane with 13 tonne lifting capacity, wet diving bell and a small engineering workshop. She also has limited deck cargo carrying capacity.