NEWS
Upgrade (US$518 million) to the Royal New Zealand Navy.
Kiwis plan frigate
Funding for the Navy’s patrol vessels, including four
inshore patrol vessels and two off shore patrol vessels,
update
all scheduled for delivery by December, rises from
NZ$62 million in 2007-08 to NZ$104 million.
Th e Royal New Zealand Navy is planning to upgrade
its pair of 10-year-old Anzac (MEKO 200) class Refi t
frigates. Th is was revealed by Commander Chris
Hoey, Naval Adviser (Attaché) in London to the
Penzance returns
2008 Defence IQ conference on Future Naval Plans
to sea
and Requirements.
The frigates are to receive a propulsion diesel Sandown class mine countermeasures vessel HMS
upgrade costing NZ$60 million (US$47 million) Penzance, the fi rst UK Royal Navy warship to be
by 2010. Th is will cover gearboxes and engines, air docked at Rosyth under the fledgling Continu-
conditioning units, generating equipment, as well ous Engineering Support (CES) initiative, achieved
as new control and monitoring systems for more contract acceptance date (CAD) in mid-July follow-
economical operation. ing a refi t undertaken by Babcock Marine.
The ships will also receive improved Under CES, the ships remain in fl eet time for the
communications and electronic support measures duration of the docking period. Th is Ministry of
systems, the latter part of a NZ$500 million (US$383.4 Defence (MoD) initiative, currently being piloted
million) programme to upgrade self defence in a on MCMVs, avoids time-consuming administrative
programme likely to begin about 2012. They are and procedural issues associated with handing back
scheduled to receive Evolved SeaSparrow Missiles the vessel at the end of the refi t, and is designed to
(ESSM) to replace their SeaSparrows and the Phalanx challenge traditional approaches, to ensure that the
close-in weapon systems will be modifi ed to engage “right work is carried out at the right time in the right
surface targets under a NZ$25 million (US$19.2 place,” saving time and cost over traditional upkeep
million) programme. repair periods, as well as providing flexibility in
As Naval Spyglass reported recently, there are no deployment of ships staff .
plans to replace the two frigates but there are plans HMS Penzance arrived at Babcock Marine’s
to replace the survey and research ship HMNZS Rosyth dockyard in December 2007 to begin her
Stalwart and the diving tender HMNZS Manawanui. Ship Support Period (Docking) [SSP(D)], and has
Th e former was built as a passive sonar array tow ship undergone signifi cant work. Th is has included work
while the latter was a diving support vessel. It is now on the mechanical and power generation systems,
planned to replace them about 2015 or 2016, said including removal and overhaul of all ship’s system
Commander Hoey, stating that they will probably be valves and replacement of diesel generators, as well
replaced by a single multi-role ship. as fi tting of a new, improved sonar towed body, and
He also revealed details of a plan to replace the major upgrades to the crew’s living accommodation.
replenishment ship HMNZS Endeavour. Th e defence In addition, the vessel had a new fl ouropolymer-
budget announced in May allocated NZ$658 million based foul-release coating applied. Th is new Inter-
sleek 900 system is more environmentally friendly
than traditional paint coatings, and is exceptionally
smooth, with excellent foul-release capabilities and
good resistance to mechanical damage. It is expected
to deliver signifi cant savings for the MoD through
improved fuel economy over the fi ve-year design life
of the system.
Notably, contract acceptance was achieved ahead of
schedule, despite a signifi cant injection of late-stage
supplementary alterations and additions (A&As)
into the programme. Th ese changes related primarily
to habitability improvements to staff living quarters
and capability improvements to the ship’s systems,
amounting to an increase of some 10% in work scope
which was then accommodated into the programme.
The programme was extended by eight weeks to
The Royal New Zealand Navy is planning to upgrade accommodate the new coating scheme (which
its Anzac (MEKO 200) class frigates. required the hull to be blasted back to bare GRP).
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