News Story: NZ Navy's Newest Ships May Have Short Life

Protector class IPV (Wiki Info - Image: Wiki Commons)

By NICK LEE-FRAMPTON

WELLINGTON — New Zealand’s government is considering cutting half of the Royal New Zealand Navy’s inshore patrol vessel (IPV) fleet.

Two of the four 180-foot IPVs, commissioned in 2009, could be swapped for a larger ship, said Defence Minister Jonathan Coleman.

“Obviously, if we felt that what we had already was ideal we wouldn’t be looking at this potential change,” he said.

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