27 February, 2007
The Navy’s Hydrographic and Survey Vessel, HMNZS RESOLUTION will be making a routine port visit to Nelson, arriving at 10:00 am on Friday 2 March.
Commander Murray Tuffin, and his crew of 49 men and women, will represent the Navy over the weekend and look forward to engaging with the local community. The port visit provides a welcome break for the ship’s company, following a very busy operational period.
HMNZS RESOLUTION will sail from Nelson on Monday 5 March at 8:00 am, commencing five days of navigational exercises in the Marlborough Sounds before berthing in Wellington for the weekend.
The ship will not be open to the public on this visit.
Particulars
Length - 68.3 m
Draught - 4.4 m
Displacement - 2,262 tonnes
Speed - 11 knots
Complement - 45
Pennant Number - A14
ENDS
For further information, please contact Lieutenant Commander Barbara Cassin, Public Relations Manager Navy, (09) 445 5002 or 021 244 0638.
Background
Roles assigned to HMNZS RESOLUTION include Hydrographic survey and Oceanographic research tasks previously undertaken by HMNZ Ships MONOWAI and TUI.
The ship was commissioned into the United Stated Navy in 1989 as USNS TENACIOUS, during which time she was used as a towed array sonar vessel deployed for three months at a time streaming a two-mile underwater listening device. HMNZS RESOLUTION was acquired by the Royal New Zealand Navy in 1997.
The name RESOLUTION was selected in recognition of the extensive hydrographic survey work completed by Captain James Cook, Royal Navy, throughout New Zealand in his sailing vessel HMS RESOLUTION.