New Zealand Defence Force, The 8,000 tonne Multi Role Vessel which is to be commissioned into Naval service in 2007, commenced two days of sea trials in Holland on 3 July. A total of ten Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) and Ministry of Defence (MoD) personnel boarded Canterbury at the Merwede shipyard, Holland for 48 hours of sea trials.
The ten representatives embarked included Project Director, Commodore (Rtd) Gary Collier, and Navy personnel involved in the setting of machinery and systems prior to the sea trials, and naval members of the MoD project team.
Over the two day trial period, essential sea-going systems such as main propulsion, bow thrusters, Integrated Platform Management System, radars, navigation and mission systems were progressively set to work, integrated with other systems and trialed.
Commodore Collier said the overall impression of the ship is that she is very comfortable.
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