Berthed side by side at Lyttelton are two Royal New Zealand Navy inshore survey ships, H.M.N.Z.S. Takapu and H.M.N.Z.S. Tarapunga. The craft will be at Lyttelton for the next fortnight to survey the harbour approaches. Both ships were commissioned in the early 1970s and each has a crew of 11. H.M.N.Z.S. Monowai will act as “mother ship,” and survey offshore waters while the Takapu and Tarapunga survey the harbour.
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69Berthed side by side at Lyttelton are two Royal New Zealand Navy inshore survey ships, H.M.N.Z.S. Takapu and H.M.N.Z.S. Tarapunga. The craft will be at Lyttelton for the next fortnight to survey the harbour approaches. Both ships were commissioned in the early 1970s and each has a crew of 11. H.M.N.Z.S. Monowai will act as “mother ship,” and survey offshore waters while the Takapu and Tarapunga survey the harbour. Press, 10 November 1986, Page 8
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