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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 2, 2020 16:05:19 GMT 12
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Post by johnnyfalcon on Dec 2, 2020 17:42:31 GMT 12
Yay..!
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Post by Bruce on Dec 3, 2020 12:01:07 GMT 12
pity about the paintwork... 3 years in refit and it looks terrible! You'd have thought they'd give it a repaint before it was recommissioned. |
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Post by TS on Dec 3, 2020 13:13:36 GMT 12
pity about the paintwork... 3 years in refit and it looks terrible! You'd have thought they'd give it a repaint before it was recommissioned. I couldn't agree more, it's an absolute disgrace. But to be fair HDML Kuparu second refit for an 80 year old wooden boat is looking good and puts this grey speckled tub to shame...   |
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Post by nighthawknz on Dec 13, 2020 10:07:53 GMT 12
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Post by machina on Dec 14, 2020 13:17:23 GMT 12
Any word on when she’s due home?
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Post by nighthawknz on Dec 14, 2020 19:20:07 GMT 12
Any word on when she’s due home? My guess... is by the end of the week... as she is suppose to be home before Xmas... but I don't have any eviedence to back up my claim... |
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Post by machina on Dec 14, 2020 19:46:22 GMT 12
Any word on when she’s due home? My guess... is by the end of the week... as she is suppose to be home before Xmas... but I don't have any eviedence to back up my claim... Cheers. |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 18, 2020 10:50:19 GMT 12
From the NZDF Alerts page on Facebook:
Devonport Alert
In honour of the return of frigate HMNZS Te Kaha from Canada after nearly three years away, a formal gun salute will fire at Devonport Naval Base at approximately 10am on Sunday 20 December. The ship will return the salute as it approaches the base.
Our Seasprite helicopter will be operating from the Ngataringa Sports Complex, Devonport, between 8am and 10am, in support of Te Kaha's return.
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Post by mcmaster on Dec 22, 2020 19:37:17 GMT 12
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Post by McFly on May 2, 2021 20:23:56 GMT 12
pity about the paintwork... 3 years in refit and it looks terrible! You'd have thought they'd give it a repaint before it was recommissioned.
"HMNZS Te Kaha with a fresh paint job, being refloated in the dry dock at Devonport Naval Base. A lot of work has been done to blend the 'haze grey' paint ahead of a full paint system renewal during the ship’s next major maintenance period."(Photo NZDF)
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chasper
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Post by chasper on May 3, 2021 17:10:24 GMT 12
One thing is that the CIWS gun has disappeared. It was not there when she came back from Canada and is still not on the vessel. Does anyone know if the new missile system has replaced it or is it to be added at some later date?
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Post by 30sqnatc on May 3, 2021 19:07:28 GMT 12
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"HMNZS Te Kaha with a fresh paint job, being refloated in the dry dock at Devonport Naval Base. A lot of work has been done to blend the 'haze grey' paint ahead of a full paint system renewal during the ship’s next major maintenance period."
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I know there is a global shortage of paint tints due to COVID shutdowns damaging supply chains but grey is just a mix of black and white.
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Post by gibbo on May 3, 2021 21:59:05 GMT 12
One thing is that the CIWS gun has disappeared. It was not there when she came back from Canada and is still not on the vessel. Does anyone know if the new missile system has replaced it or is it to be added at some later date? Yes I'm very suspicious of the fact that nothing has been said at official level nor, surprisingly, related chatter on various forum. The CIWS was included in artist impressions of the final 'look' but that's no guarantee. If they are no longer to be fitted the ANZACs will lose a potent anti-FIAC capability (like the mini-typhoon provides above the bridge wings)...let alone the last ditch anti-missile capability it offers. They could at least plonk one on Aotearoa. |
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Post by pepe on May 4, 2021 21:30:35 GMT 12
Or just perhaps it has been left behind to be utilised for systems integration testing on board HMNZS TE Mana and will be returned onboard the same?
Probably no need to to go down the conspiracy theory track just yet...
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Post by gibbo on May 4, 2021 21:52:25 GMT 12
Or just perhaps it has been left behind to be utilised for systems integration testing on board HMNZS TE Mana and will be returned onboard the same? Probably no need to to go down the conspiracy theory track just yet... Yeah hopefully, altho isn't Te Mana's over there with her? |
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Post by pepe on May 5, 2021 11:54:41 GMT 12
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chasper
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Post by chasper on May 5, 2021 14:57:53 GMT 12
I see that TEK and Aotearoa are to join the UK task force later this year when transiting the South China Sea and for exercises off the Malaysian coast with a P3 also attending. I guess one of the ships at least will have a CIWS system fitted by then given the very real potential for confrontation.
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Post by gibbo on May 5, 2021 22:54:16 GMT 12
Ah I didn't realise that TEM left without her CIWS, that does then suggest TEK's could be used for TEM trials... altho TEK trial images didn't show one and it is a critical factor in top-weight trials. No excuse not to trial fit TEM's CIWS that's still here onto Aotearoa then. |
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Post by tnos on May 24, 2021 11:49:24 GMT 12
I maybe mistaken but I don't think Te Kaha had one either when it left.
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