HMNZS Te Mana (F111)
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 HMNZS Te Mana in Dunedin |
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| Career (New Zealand (RNZN)) |  |
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| Name: | HMNZS Te Mana |
| Builder: | Tenix Defence Systems |
| Launched: | 10 May 1997 |
| Commissioned: | 10 December 1999 |
| Motto: | "Kokiri Kia U" - Striving towards perfection |
| Status: | Active as of 2009 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Anzac class frigate |
| Displacement: | 3,600 tonnes full load |
| Length: | 118 metres (390 ft) |
| Beam: | 15 metres (49 ft) |
| Draught: | 4 metres (13 ft) |
| Propulsion: | 1 × General Electric LM2500+ gas turbine providing 30,000 hp (22.5 MW) 2 × MTU 12V1163 TB83 diesel engines providing 8,840 hp (6.5 MW) two shafts with controllable pitch propellers in CODOG configuration |
| Speed: | 27 knots (50 km/h) |
| Range: | 6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h) |
| Complement: | 178 Officers and ratings (25 Officers, 153 ratings) |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
Sonars: Thomson Sintra Spherion B Mod 5; hull-mounted; active search and attack; medium frequency. Provision for towed array Air search radar: Raytheon AN/SPS-49(V)8 ANZ (C/D-band) Surface search radar: CelsiusTech 9LV 453 TIR (Ericsson Tx/Rx) (G-band) Navigation: Atlas Elektronik 9600 ARPA (I-band) |
| Electronic warfare and decoys: |
ESM: Racal modified Sceptre A (radar intercept), Telefunken PST-1720 Telegon 10 (comms intercept) Countermeasures: Decoys: G & D Aircraft SRBOC Mk 36 Mod 1 decoy launchers for SRBOC |
| Armament: | Guns and missiles: 1 × 5 in/54 (127 mm) Mk 45 Mod 2 gun, Phalanx CIWS, various machine guns and small arms, Mk 41 Mod 5 VLS for Sea Sparrow and Evolved Sea Sparrow Torpedoes: 2 × triple 324 mm Mk 32 Mod 5 tubes Fire control: CelsiusTech 9LV 453 (J-band) Combat data systems: CelsiusTech 9LV 453 Mk 3.Link 11 Weapons control: CelsiusTech 9LV 453 optronic director with Raytheon CW Mk 73 Mod 1 |
| Aircraft carried: | One KAMAN SH-2G Super Seasprite helicopter |
HMNZS Te Mana (F111) is one of ten Anzac class frigates and one of two serving in the Royal New Zealand Navy. The name Te Mana is Māori, approximately translating as 'status' or 'authority' (for further information on this term, see Mana).
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[edit] Construction
Te Mana was constructed by Tenix Defence Systems at Williamstown, Victoria, Australia and launched on 10 May 1997 by the Maori Queen, Dame Te Atairangikaahu. The frigate was commissioned into the RNZN on 10 December 1999 in her homeport of Tauranga.[1] She is expected to be in service beyond 2020.[2] The ship is based at Devonport Naval Base, Auckland. However in keeping with RNZN tradition she is ceremonially homeported at Tauranga.
Cracks were discovered in Te Mana's sister ships HMAS Anzac and HMNZS Te Kaha, at the point the bilge keel joints the hull. Te Mana was to be checked and repaired for similar cracks at her scheduled service in August 2002.[3]
[edit] Operational history
The Te Mana was sent to the Solomon Islands in 2000, in preparation to evacuate around 225 New Zealanders from the ethnic conflict on the islands.[4]
A sailor died at sea aboard the frigate on 29 March 2001; the death was investigated by the New Zealand Police but treated as not suspicious.[5]
In February 2002, a Seasprite helicopter flown by a Royal Australian Navy test pilot crashed into the Te Mana’s deck. The ship was operating during 3-metre (9.8 ft) high seas in Cook Strait,[6] a court of enquiry later found that no single event was to blame for the accident. The repairs to the Seasprite cost an estimated $7.4 million.[7]
Te Mana went to the aid of HMS Nottingham in July 2002, when Nottingham ran aground on the submerged Wolf Rock, and provided manpower, supplies and salvage equipment to the stricken vessel.[8][9]
From 28 January 2003 until 4 August 2003, Te Mana was deployed to the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea, conducting Maritime Interdiction Operations as part of Operation Enduring Freedom.[10]
Te Mana deployed to the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman for a second time in 2004, again to undertake Maritime Interdiction Operations, as part of Combined Task Force 150. In May the helicopter was damaged, at a cost of up to $4 million; a court of enquiry later found the pilot and co-pilot had failed to lash the aircraft down to the deck correctly.[11] In the Gulf of Oman on 14 July 2004, a crewmember aboard a merchant bulk chemical carrier fell into a tank while cleaning it. Te Mana responded to the emergency call and sprinted to the scene, the ship's medic was flown over to the bulk carrier, but the patient was unable to be revived.[12] She returned to Devonport on 10 September 2004, having queried 380 ships and boarded 38.[13]
Te Mana and HMNZS Endeavour were the first RNZN vessels to visit Russia, arriving in the Pacific port of Vladivostok on 10 June 2005 on a diplomatic mission.[14][15]
A fire broke out about Te Mana in February 2006, while it was participating in an exercise off the coast of Australia. The ship's Seasprite helicopter was diverted to sister ship HMAS Stuart and the fire was put out by the crew.[16]
The breeding ground of the Kermadec Storm Petrel was discovered with the assistance of Te Mana in August 2006, when the ship transported an ornithologist to a rocky outcrop in the Kermadec Islands group, enabling him to find a nest. The ship was on the annual mission to resupply Raoul Island for the Department of Conservation.[17]
Early in 2007 the vessel's diesel engines developed a problem as she crossed the Tasman Sea to Sydney. The engines became unusable and the ship had to use the gas turbine for propulsion. Sister ship Te Kaha suffered a similar problem one month later.[18]
Te Mana deployed from Devonport to the Central and Southern Persian Gulf on 7 April 2008, as part of Coalition Task Force 152.[19] Sailing via Singapore, she arrived on 11 May 2008, beginning a three month patrol of the region's waterways, including guarding against threats to the oil industry infrastructure,[20] as well to prevent smuggling and piracy.[21]
[edit] Gallery
 Te Mana's VLS |
 SH2G(NZ) inside the hangar |
_in_Devonport.jpg) Te Mana in Devonport |
_in_Devonport,_2008-03-28.jpg) Te Mana in Devonport |
 Te-Mana steams in the Persian Gulf supporting Operation Stakenet |
 Te Mana during Exercise Goalkeeper III in the Persian Gulf |
_alongside_USS_Abraham_Lincoln_(CVN_72),_30_July,_2008.jpg) Te Mana alongside the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea |
_board_a_dhow,_May_6,_2004.jpg) Crew members of HMNZS Te Mana board a dhow in the north Arabian Sea |
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "HMNZS TE MANA F111". Royal New Zealand Navy Museum. http://www.navymuseum.mil.nz/history/time/today/anzac/hmnzs-te-mana.htm. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
- ^ "$300m frigate upgrade". New Zealand Herald. 17 July 2004. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=3578761. Retrieved 14 May 2008.
- ^ "Navy to fix frigate damage now, argue cost later". New Zealand Herald. 17 April 2002. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=1442341. Retrieved 14 May 2008.
- ^ "Australia plans Solomons rescue". BBC News. 8 June 2000. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/782210.stm. Retrieved 14 May 2008.
- ^ "NZ Navy sailor dies at sea". The New Zealand Herald. 30 March 2001. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=180058. Retrieved 14 May 2008.
- ^ "Chopper repairs set to cost $2m". New Zealand Herald. 18 June 2002. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=2047178. Retrieved 14 May 2008.
- ^ "No one event to blame for navy helicopter crash landing". The New Zealand Herald. 2 May 2003. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=3452408. Retrieved 14 May 2008.
- ^ "Navy warship crew fly to Australia". BBC News. 16 July 2002. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/2132553.stm. Retrieved 14 May 2008.
- ^ "Daily Shipping Newsletter 2002 - 013" (PDF). 15 July 2002. http://www.ibiblio.org/maritime/Scheepvaartnieuws/Pdf/scheepvaartnieuws/2002/juli/013-15-07-2002.PDF. Retrieved 14 May 2008.
- ^ "Te Mana returns after stint in Gulf". The New Zealand Herald. 4 August 2003. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=3516308. Retrieved 14 May 2008.
- ^ "Pilots censured on helicopter bungle". The New Zealand Herald. 23 February 2005. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/3/story.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=161683. Retrieved 13 May 2008.
- ^ "Te Mana Races To The Aid Of A Merchant Ship". Scoop. 15 July 2004. http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0407/S00178.htm. Retrieved 13 May 2008.
- ^ "Cool to be home for HMNZS Te Mana crew". The New Zealand Herald. 11 September 2004. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=3590751. Retrieved 13 May 2008.
- ^ "New Zealand Navy pays first visit to Vladivostok, Russia". Vladivostok Novosti. 14 June 2005. http://vn.vladnews.ru/Arch/2005/ISS471/News/upd14_2.HTM. Retrieved 13 May 2008.
- ^ "Navy ships head to Russia". The New Zealand Herald. 16 February 2005. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/topic/story.cfm?c_id=123&objectid=10011248. Retrieved 13 May 2008.
- ^ "Sailors fought fire at sea on Anzac warship". The New Zealand Herald. 27 March 2006. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/topic/story.cfm?c_id=123&objectid=10374640. Retrieved 13 May 2008.
- ^ "Elusive petrel breeding ground found". TVNZ. 28 August 2006. http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/822273. Retrieved 13 May 2008.
- ^ "Navy's frigates break down at sea". The New Zealand Herald. 27 April 2007. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/topic/story.cfm?c_id=123&objectid=10436414. Retrieved 13 May 2008.
- ^ "HMNZS Te Mana sails for Persian Gulf". NewsTalkZB. 7 April 2008. http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/newsdetail1.asp?storyID=135298. Retrieved 13 May 2008.
- ^ "Te Mana arrives in Arabian Gulf". NewsTalkZB. 11 May 2008. http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/newsdetail1.asp?storyID=137148. Retrieved 13 May 2008.
- ^ Welcome to the Arabian Gulf - Navy Today, Defence Public Relations Unit, Issue 133, 8 June, Page 4-6
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