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Frigate F 111 HMNZS Te Mana |
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Type,
class: Helicopter Frigate (FFH) / Anzac (New
Zealand) class Builder: Tenix Defence, Williamstown, Australia STATUS: Laid down: May 18, 1996 Launched: May 10, 1997 Commissioned: December 10, 1999 IN SERVICE Homeport: Devonport Naval Base, Auckland, New Zealand Namesake: Te Mana is Maori, meaning 'status' or 'authority' Ship's Motto: Kokiri Kia U (striving towards perfection) Technical Data: see INFO > Anzac (NZ) class Frigate |
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     cutout - note the new GWS 35 20-cell vertical launching system for Sea Ceptor/CAMM missiles     refit at Seaspan shipyard, Victoria, BC, Canada  refit at Seaspan shipyard, Canada                                 Mk.32 torpedo tubes exercise |
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HMNZS Te Mana (F 111): 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. 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. In February 2002, a Seasprite helicopter flown by a Royal Australian Navy test pilot crashed into Te Mana's deck. The ship was operating during 3-metre (9.8 ft) high seas in Cook Strait, 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. 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. 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. 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. In the Gulf of Oman on 14 July 2004, a crew member 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. She returned to Devonport on 10 September 2004, having queried 380 ships and boarded 38. 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. 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. 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. 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. Te Mana deployed from Devonport to the Central and Southern Persian Gulf on 7 April 2008, as part of Coalition Task Force 152. 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, as well to prevent smuggling and piracy. In October 2013, Te Mana participated in the International Fleet Review 2013 in Sydney. On June 14, 2017, Commander Lisa Hunn became the first female commanding officer of a RNZN warship, when she took command of Te Mana. In 2018, a comprehensive mid-life refit of both Te Mana and her sister ship was initiated. The refit provided for the replacement of the Sea Sparrow air defence missiles with Sea Ceptor as well as other comprehensive system upgrades carrying a total cost of some $600 million. The refit of Te Mana was being undertaken by the Seaspan shipyard in Canada as of 2020. On 16 April 2021, six RNZN personnel and six family members assigned to Te Mana tested positive for COVID-19. At the time, the naval personnel and their family were stationed at an accommodation block 12 kilometers away from the Royal Canadian Navy's base at Esquimalt near Victoria, British Columbia. Te Mana was undergoing a major upgrade in Canada. In May 2022, the ship sailed for New Zealand having completed her upgrade. New Zealand ANZAC Frigate Systems Upgrade: Thales SMART-S Mk.2 S-band PESA radar Kelvin Hughes Sharp Eye Navigation Radar Furuno FAR-3320W radar Lockheed Martin Canada CMS330 Combat Data Systems Cossor AIMS Mk XII IFF Elbit/Elisra electronic support measures Rheinmetall MASS Offboard ECM Ultra Electronics Sea Sentor torpedo countermeasures Airborne Systems DLF floating decoy source: wikipedia |
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