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Royal New Zealand Navy
Waikato (UK Type 12I 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: 2,990 tonnes 3,100 tonnes 3,100 tonnes 2,990 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
GWS-40 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 / 30,000 shp)
2 shafts, 2 propellers

Aviation:
1 x Westland Wasp helicopter (later 1 x Kaman SH-2G Seasprite)
 
 
Two new and two used ex Royal Navy units in service between 1966 and 2005.
> see also: Type 12I Leander class Frigate - Royal Navy.
 
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F 55 HMNZS Waikato

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F 55 HMNZS Waikato



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F 421 HMNZS Canterbury

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F 421 HMNZS Canterbury



f69 hmnzs wellington type 12i leander class frigate royal new zealand navy 02
F 69 HMNZS Wellington



f104 hmnzs southland type 12i leander class frigate royal new zealand navy 02
F 104 HMNZS Southland

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F 104 HMNZS Southland



seacat sam missile system launcher type 12i leander class frigate royal new zealand navy
quadruple SEACAT SAM missile system
 
 
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