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WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1987
"THESE CRAFT ARE DISTINCTIVE IN THAT THEY ADVANCED SPECIFICATIONS AND ARE MADE IN NEW ZEALAND. FIRST BOATS WE HAVE BOUGHT FROM THERE, WILLY-FURTH, STAFF OFFICER/SUPPORT. MARINE.
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ARE BUILT то THEY ARE THE VIANNEY
SAID SUPT.
THE
A MAJOR DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN DIVISIONAL COMMAND LAUNCHES 3 AND 4. THE THIS MONTH AND THE SECOND IN SEPTEMBER.
BUILDING LOCALLY OF TWO FIRST WILL BE DELIVERED
EACH COMMAND LAUNCH WILL CARRY TWO DIESEL-ENGINED RIGID HULLED INFLATABLE BOATS, BUT THESE WILL NOT ARRIVE UNTIL NOVEMBER. THEY ARE BUILT BY THE SAME FIRM THAT IS PRODUCING THE NEW BOATS FOR THE SBU, AND THE SPECIFICATIONS ARE SIMILAR.
THE SBU CRAFT HAVE TWIN PETROL-DRIVEN OUTBOARD ENGINES, EACH GIVING 120 HORSEPOWER, WHEREAS THE COMMAND LAUNCH BOATS WILL HAVE A SINGLE DIESEL-DRIVEN INBOARD ENGINE, OPERATING ON THE WATER-JET PRINCIPLE.
OF A
"THESE RIGID-HULLED INFLATABLES ARE
UNIQUE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION, AND ARE TAILOR-MADE FOR OUR NEEDS, "SAID SUPT. WILLY-FURTH. HE EXPLAINED THAT THERE HAVE BEEN TREMENDOUS DEVELOPMENTS IN THIS BOAT-BUILDING FIELD IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
ALSO THIS MONTH, MARINE POLICE WILL BE ACCEPTING FROM A LOCAL SHIPYARD THE FIRST OF SEVEN HARBOUR PATROL LAUNCHES. THESE WILL REPLACE THE EIGHT LAUNCHES NOW IN SERVICE WHICH WERE BUILT IN 1944 IN AUSTRALIA. THE LAST OF THE SEVEN WILL BE DELIVERED IN NOVEMBER.
"AT THE SAME TIME, WE ARE GOING OUT TO CONTRACT SHORTLY FOUR-METRE RIGID INFLATABLE FOR EACH OF THE HARBOUR LAUNCHES. WILL ALSO BE GOING OUT TO CONTRACT FOR TWO INFLATABLES FOR THE SBU," SAID SUPT. WILLY-FURTH.
9.5-METRE
FOR A AND WE RIGID
IN ADDITION, SPECIFICATIONS ARE BEING DRAWN UP FOR SEVEN INSHORE PATROL VESSELS, WHICH WILL BE ABOUT 8.5 METRES IN LENGTH AND BE CAPABLE OF 20 KNOTS, AND TWO 11-METRE FAST INSHORE THE LATTER WILL BE ABLE TO TRAVEL AT 35 KNOTS.
PATROL BOATS.
EVEN HIGHER SPEEDS WILL BE ATTAINED CATAMARANS FOR WHICH SPECIFICATIONS ARE NOW CRAFT WILL BE OPERATED BY THE SBU.
BY
BEING
TWO 8.5-METRE PREPARED. THESE
BESIDES ALL