Wellington 1985
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Canterbury | F421 | Yarrow, Scotstoun, UK | 12.4.1969 | 6.5.1970 | 22.10.1971 | stricken 3.2005 | |
| Wellington (ex-Bacchante) | F69 | 189 | Vickers-Armstrong, Tyne, UK | 25.10.1966 | 29.2.1968 | 5.12.1969 // 4.10.1982 | stricken 5.2000 |
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Displacement standard, t |
F69: 2500 F421: 2470 |
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Displacement full, t |
F69: 3184 F421: 3638 |
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Length, m |
109.7 pp 113.4 oa |
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Breadth, m |
13.1 |
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Draught, m |
5.49 max |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 sets White-English Electric Y-160 geared steam turbines, 2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
30000 |
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Max speed, kts |
28 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 500 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
4500(12) |
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Armament |
1 x 4 Sea Cat GWS22 SAM (12 Sea Cat), 1 x 2 - 120/45 Mk 6, 1 x 3 - 305 Limbo Mk 10 ASWRL, 1 helicopter (Wasp) |
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Electronic equipment |
type 965 AKE-1, type 993, type 903, type 904, type 978 radars, type 162M, type 184M sonars, UA-8/9, type 668 or type 669 ECM suites |
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Complement |
260 |
Project history: In 1963 one of the new Leander class was ordered from RN, but a second frigate was approved five years later and in 1968 'broad-beam' version was ordered. She was similar to the RN ships apart from a modified funnel cap and 324mm TTs.
Modernizations: 1985, Wellington: - 1 x 3 - 305 Limbo ASWRL, type 978, type 903, type 993 radars; + 4 x 1 - 12.7/90, 2 x 3 - 324 Mk 32 mod.5 TT (Mk 46 mod.2), type 1006, R76C5, type 994 radars, 2x Mk 36 SRBOC decoy RL
1990, Canterbury: - 1 x 3 - 305 Limbo ASWRL, type 965 AKE-1, type 903, type 978, type 993 radars, type 184M sonar, UA-8/9, type 668/669 ECM suites; + 4 x 1 - 12.7/90, 2 x 3 - 324 Mk 32 mod.5 TT (Mk 46 mod.2), type 1006, LW-08, R76C5, type 994 radars, G750 sonar, AR-700 ECM suite, 2x Mk 36 SRBOC decoy RL
1993, Canterbury: + NAUTIS F CCS
1994, Canterbury: - 1 x 4 Sea Cat SAM, type 904 radar; + 1 x 6 - 20/76 Mk 15 Phalanx, Mk 90 radar
1998, Canterbury: hangar and helicopter deck were enlarged; - Wasp helicopter; + SH-2F/G SeaSprite helicopter
2000, Canterbury: - 1 x 6 - 20/76, MK 90 radar
Naval service: No significant events.
Canterbury 1978
Canterbury 2003
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