HMNZS Resolution - Survey Ship
Accurate charts are essential for safe navigation both on the open sea and on inshore waters. As the Royal New Zealand Navy's (RNZN) principal survey and research ship, RESOLUTION is used to survey and chart the waters in and around New Zealand and the Pacific.
RESOLUTION was formerly the US Navy Ship TENACIOUS, where she was utilised as a towed array sonar vessel deployed for three months at a time streaming a two-mile underwater listening device. She was commissioned into the RNZN on 13 February 1997. RESOLUTION replaces HMNZ Ships TUI and MONOWAI as the Navy's primary survey and acoustic research vessel.
She is named after the sailing vessel HMS RESOLUTION, used by Captain James Cook, RN, during his second and third voyages to New Zealand between 1772 and 1779, thus recognising the extensive hydrographic survey work Cook and his team completed.
| Standard Displacement: | 2,262 tonnes |
| Length Overall: | 68 metres |
| Beam: | 13 metres |
| Draught: | 4.4m |
| Speed: | 11 knots |
| Range: | 21,500 nautical miles |
| Complement: | 41 (7 Officers, 34 Ratings) Accommodation for 45 onboard. |
| Propulsion: | Diesel-Electric.
Four Caterpillar D398B diesel generators (3,200 hp) Twin shafts. Bow thruster (550 hp) |
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