1. ROYAL NEW ZEALAND NAVAL BASE, DEVONPORT, AUCKLAND - Busy times. Left to right: RSS Stalwart (visiting Singaporean Navy stealth frigate), HMNZS Taupo (inshore patrol vessel), HMNZS Endeavour (RNZN... Date: 16 August 2012 Image ID 8222
2. HMNZS MANAWANUI (AO9, ex-STAR PERSEUS) leads the new Project Protector IPV (inshore patrol vessel) HMNZS TAUPO (P3570) into Auckland Harbour.
The 340-tonne HMNZS TAUPO, with a service speed of around... Date: 25 September 2009 Image ID 5880
3. HMNZS OTAGO (P148) the first of two new OPV's (offshore patrol vessels) ordered by the Royal New Zealand Navy as part of the NZ$500 million, seven-ship Project Protector programme, arrives in Auckland... Date: 9 April 2010 Image ID 6246
4. HMNZS TAUPO (P3570) the last of four IPV's (inshore patrol vessels) of the Project Protector programme, seen here at speed in Auckland Harbour.
The 340-tonne HMNZS TAUPO, with a service speed of... Date: 25 September 2009 Image ID 5882
5. HMNZS TAUPO (P3570) the last of four IPV's (inshore patrol vessels) of the Project Protector programme, seen here at in Auckland Harbour.
The 340-tonne HMNZS TAUPO, with a service speed of around 25... Date: 25 September 2009 Image ID 5883
6. HMNZS TAUPO (P3570) the last of four IPV's (inshore patrol vessels) of the Project Protector programme. The 340-tonne HMNZS TAUPO, with a service speed of around 25 knots and a range of 3000 nautical... Date: 1 February 2010 Image ID 6043
7. HMNZS TAUPO (P3570) the last of four IPV's (inshore patrol vessels) departs Devonport Naval Base in Auckland bound for Tauranga to assist in the salvage of the container ship Rena, run aground on... Date: 8 October 2011 Image ID 7068
8. HMNZS TAUPO (P3570) the last of four IPV's (inshore patrol vessels) of the Project Protector programme, seen here at speed passing HMNZS MANAWANUI (AO9, ex-STAR PERSEUS) in Auckland Harbour.
The... Date: 25 September 2009 Image ID 7270
9. HMNZS TAUPO (P3570) - one of the Royal New Zealand Navy's inshore patrol vessels, on the slips at Titan Marine Engineering, St. Mary's Bay, Auckland. Date: 1 July 2013 Image ID 9000
10. HMNZS TAUPO (P3570) one of the RNZN's four IPV's (inshore patrol vessels) sails for the first time since 2013 from the RNZN's Devonport Naval Base, Auckland. Date: 18 July 2016 Image ID 10527
11. And yet another example of our local commuter/sightseeing ferries always photobombing a good shot.......... this time Fullers 360's TAKAHE. I was hoping for a clean shot of inshore patrol vessel HMNZS... Date: 4 April 2022 Image ID 12545
12. WARSHIPS IFR (International Fleet Review) December 2011 Date: December 2011 Image ID 7269
