HMNZS Maori (P3570)

HMNZS Maori (P3570) was a Fairmile B Motor Launch of the Royal New Zealand Navy

History
New Zealand
Laid down	1942
Commissioned	1953
Decommissioned	1963
Identification	IMO number: 6809745
General characteristics
Class and type	Fairmile B class motor launch
Displacement	85 tons
Length	112 ft (34 m)
Beam	18 ft 3 in (5.56 m)
Draught	4 ft 9 in (1.45 m)
Propulsion	Twin petrol engines totaling 1,200 bhp
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Range	1,500 mi (1,300 nmi; 2,400 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	16
Sensors and processing systems	ASDIC
Armament	1 × 3-lb Mk I gun 1 × twin 0.303-in Machineguns 12 depth charges
Armour	Wheelhouse plated

Originally commissioned on 20 December 1943 with pennant number Q 409, she was part of the 80th Motor Launch Flotilla. Early in 1944 she went to the Solomon Islands where she served under the operational control of COMSOPAC. After the end of the war she was sold.

In 1953 she was repurchased and recommissioned as HMNZS Maori (P3570).[1]

In 1963 she was sold again and became the Auckland-Waiheke ferry Iris Moana.