Leander class Frigate Royal New Zealand Navy RNZN

Royal New Zealand Navy
Leander class Frigate

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Ships:

F 55 HMNZS Waikato (1966)
F 421 HMNZS Canterbury (1971)
F 69 HMNZS Wellington (1969/82)
F 104 HMNZS Southland (1963/83)

Ship data:

HMNZS Waikato (F 55)
Builder: Harland and Wolff, Belfast, UK
Namesake: Waikato Province, North Island
Laid down: January 1964
Launched: February 18, 1965
Commissioned: September 1966
Decommissioned: July 3, 1998
Fate: Sunk (scuttled) as an artificial reef on December 18, 2000

HMNZS Canterbury (F 421)
Builder: Yarrow Shipbuilders, Scotstoun, Glasgow, UK
Namesake: Canterbury Region, South Island
Laid down: June 12, 1969
Launched: May 6, 1970
Commissioned: October 22, 1971
Decommissioned: March 21, 2005
Fate: Sunk (scuttled) as an artificial reef on November 3, 2007

HMNZS Wellington (F 69)
(ex HMS Bacchante / F 69)
UK service:
Builder: Vickers-Armstrongs Shipbuilders, Tyne, UK
Laid down: October 27, 1966
Launched: February 29, 1968
Commissioned: October 17, 1969
Decommissioned: 1982

sold to Royal New Zealand Navy in 1982
renamed HMNZS Wellington
Namesake: City of Wellington (Capital of NZ)
Commissioned: October 1, 1982
Decommissioned: May 5, 2000
Fate: Sunk (scuttled) as an artificial reef on November 13, 2005

HMNZS Southland (F 104)
(ex HMS Dido / F 104)
UK service:
Builder: Yarrow Shipbuilders, Scotstoun, Glasgow, UK
Laid down: December 2, 1959
Launched: December 22, 1961
Commissioned: September 18, 1963
Decommissioned: 1982

sold to Royal New Zealand Navy
renamed HMNZS Southland
Namesake: Southland, the South Island of NZ
Commissioned: December 21, 1983
Decommissioned: March 1, 1995
Fate: towed to the Philippines for scrapping in 1995

Specifications + Armament:

	HMNZS Waikato	HMNZS Canterbury	HMNZS Wellington	HMNZS Southland
Length:	113,4 m (372 ft)	113,4 m (372 ft)	113,4 m (372 ft)	113,4 m (372 ft)
Beam:	12,5 m (41 ft)	13,1 m (43 ft)	13,1 m (43 ft)	12,5 m (41 ft)
Draft:	5,5 m (18 ft)	5,5 m (18 ft)	5,5 m (18 ft)	5,5 m (18 ft)
Displacement:	2990 tonnes	3100 tonnes	3100 tonnes	2990 tonnes
Speed:	28 knots (52 km/h)	28 knots (52 km/h)	28 knots (52 km/h)	28 knots (52 km/h)
Complement:	245	247	240	260

ARMAMENT:
SEACAT SAM missile quad-launcher	1 x	1 x	1 x	2 x
Vickers 4.5 inch (114mm) L45 twin gun	1 x	1 x	1 x	1 x (replaced by IKARA)
Bofors 40mm single gun	-	-	-	2 x
Oerlikon 20mm single AA gun	2 x	2 x	2 x	2 x
GWS40 IKARA ASW missile launcher	-	-	-	1 x
Mk-15 Phalanx CIWS replacing the SEACAT SAM	-	1 x	1 x	-
Mk-32 12.75" (324mm) torpedo tubes	2x3	2x3	2x3	2x3

Propulsion:
2 x Babcock & Wilcox boilers
2 x English Electric geared steam turbines (22,4 MW / 30000 shp)
2 shafts, 2 propellers

Aviation:
1 x Westland Wasp helicopter (later 1 x Kaman SH-2G Seasprite)

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HMS Bacchante (F 69) - later HMNZS Wellington (F 69)

seacat sam missile system launcher leander class frigate

quadruple SEACAT SAM missile system

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