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Thursday, May 06, 2010

New Ship Hmnzs Wellington Boosts Navy Patrol Capability

HMNZS OtagoThe Navy's capability to patrol New Zealand's coast was boosted today with the formal acceptance of HMNZS Wellingto into the Royal New Zealand Navy.

Chief of Navy, Rear-Admiral Tony Parr and Ministry of Defence Project Director Gary Collier formally accepted the Offshore Patrol Vessel, the seventh and last ship in the $500 million Project Protector, at a ceremony in Melbourne.

"Wellington and her sister ship Otago are modern ships designed and built to undertake Exclusive Economic Zone patrols, surveillance and military operations around New Zealand, the southern ocean and the Pacific," said Admiral Parr.

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