Te Mana

On Sunday we went on board and looked over the Te Mana. The Te Mana is one of the New Zealand Navy's boats. It was really narrow inside it, the crew sleep in 3 tier bunk beds with 9 people to a room. I was really brave! I'm shit scared of heights and I climbed down two ladders!!

Specifications:

Standard Displacement: 3,600 tonnes
Length Overall: 118 metres
Beam: 14.8 metres
Draught: 6.2 metres
Speed: 27+ knots
Range: 6,000 nautical miles at 18 knots
Complement: 178 Officers and ratings (25 Officers, 153 ratings)

Propulsion: Combined Diesel or Gas Turbine (CODOG)
1 GE LM 2500 Gas Turbine (30,000 hp)
2 MTU 12V 1163 Diesel's (8,500 hp)
Twin Shaft Controllable Pitch Propellers

Armament:
* 5 inch 54 calibre fully automatic lightweight gun
* Eight cell Vertical Launch System which houses the NATO Seasparrow Mk 41 air defence missile
* PHALANX Close In Weapon System
* Two MK 32 Mod 5 Surface Vessel Torpedo Tubes
* Numerous small arms ranging from 50 cal machine guns to 9 mm pistols

Other: TE MANA carries one KAMAN SH-2G Super Seasprite helicopter that can be armed with torpedoes, depth charges and Maverick missiles.

The roles of our frigates include protecting New Zealand, our maritime resources and our neighbours; surveillance; Civil Defence; Search and Rescue; participation in UN peacekeeping missions; providing gunfire support to troops on the ground.