뉴질랜드 해군, 9척 중 3척이 인력부족으로 정박중

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프로텍터급 OPV HMNZS 웰링턴과 HMNZS 오타고, 레이크급 연안초계함 HMNZS 하웨아가 인력부족으로 정박중이라고 합니다. 뉴질랜드 해군은 프로텍터급 2척과 레이크급 2척, 4척의 초계함을 보유중인데 현재 레이크급 HMNZS 타우포함만이 정상적으로 가동중이라고 하네요. 

뉴질랜드 해군은 안작급 프리깃 2척, 초계함 4척, 지원함 3척 등 총 9척의 군함들로 구성돼 있습니다. 

현재 뉴질랜드 해군은 정원대비 16.5%가 모자란 상황이고, 민간과의 고용경쟁 심화로 이 상황이 빠른 시일에 해결될 가능성은 거의 없다고 합니다. 또한 코비드 시기에 격리시설을 관리하도록 지시받은 인원들 중 상당수가 나중에 해군을 떠났다고 합니다. 

뉴질랜드 해군은 올 3월 연안경비함 2척을 아일랜드에 매각한 바 있습니다. 

https://www.defensenews.com/naval/2022/12/09/a-third-of-new-zealands-navy-ships-are-docked-over-lack-of-crew/

A third of New Zealand’s Navy ships are docked over lack of crew

By Nick Lee-Frampton Friday, Dec 9

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The HMNZS Wellington is seen offshore in 2019 in Whakatane, New Zealand. (John Borren/Getty Images)

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Three of the Royal New Zealand Navy’s nine ships are now docked at the Devonport naval base indefinitely, due to insufficient personnel.

The 279-foot offshore patrol vessel HMNZS Wellington is now the third ship to enter a period of idleness, joining the Navy’s other offshore patrol vessel HMNZS Otago and one of the two remaining 180-foot inshore patrol vessels HMZNS Hawea.

Chief of Defence Force Air Marshal Kevin Short declared the move would free up engineering personnel amid a workforce attrition. Placing a ship into care and custody will consolidate the workforce and allow better management of the effects of attrition, he argued.

Asked if the decision would enable the rest of the Navy’s fleet to remain operational, a service spokesperson told Defense News that depends on several factors.

“If the current attrition rate of 16.5% can be arrested, it is expected [that we] will have sufficient sailors to operate the rest of the fleet,” the spokesperson said. “However, there remains a level of uncertainty until this attrition rate is reversed. This requires a number of initiatives to take effect, including addressing the widening gap between our sailor remuneration and what the highly competitive job market is offering.”

But pay is not necessarily the major reason for attrition rates, according to independent defense consultant Gordon Crane.

“Many of the personnel ordered to manage quarantine facilities during the COVID epidemic subsequently resigned,” Crane told Defense News.

New Zealand sold two inshore patrol vessels to Ireland in March. At the time, Chief of Navy Rear Adm. David Proctor said the two remaining ships (four were built in total) provide important training and command opportunities for junior officers.

Now only one inshore patrol vessel — the HMNZS Taupo — remains available, although it has a full work program scheduled for next year, a Navy spokesperson told Defense News.

Nick Lee-Frampton is the New Zealand correspondent for Defense News.

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뉴질랜드해군의 Canterbury형 MRV는 원형이 카페리였습니다.

https://cafe.daum.net/NTDS/51Tv/149

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남태평양 지역의 재난 구호 임무 등에선 더 유용할 수도 있겠지만.. 위키에서도 시키핑 능력이 떨어진다는 내용이 있네요. 밸러스트를 더 늘렸다고는 하는데 RORO선의 원초적 한계를 극복하기는 어려울 듯 합니다.