Hawea 1960
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Taupo (ex-Loch Shin) | K421, 1950- F421 | Swan Hunter, Wallsend, UK | 9/1943 | 23.2.1944 | 10.1944 // 3.9.1948 | sold 12.1961 | |
| Hawea (ex-Loch Eck) | K422, 1950- F422 | Smiths Dock, South Bank, UK | 10/1943 | 25.4.1944 | 11.1944 // 1.10.1948 | sold 12.1965 | |
| Pukaki (ex-Loch Achanalt) | K424, 1950- F424 | Robb, Leith, UK | 9.1943 | 23.3.1944 | 8.1944 // 3.9.1948 | sold 9.1965 | |
| Kaniere (ex-Loch Achray) | K426, 1950- F426 | Smiths Dock, South Bank, UK | 12/1943 | 7.7.1944 | 2.1945 // 7.7.1948 | sold 9.1966 | |
| Tutira (ex-Loch Morlich) | K517, 1950- F517 | Swan Hunter, Wallsend, UK | 7.1943 | 25.1.1944 | 8.1944 // 1.4.1949 | sold 12.1961 | |
| Rotoiti (ex-Loch Katrine) | K625, 1950- F625 | Robb, Leith, UK | 12/1943 | 21.8.1944 | 12.1944 // 7.7.1949 | sold 9.1966 |
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Displacement standard, t |
1435 |
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Displacement full, t |
2260 |
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Length, m |
87.2 pp 93.6 oa |
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Breadth, m |
11.8 |
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Draught, m |
3.76 deep load |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 VTE, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
5500 |
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Max speed, kts |
19.5 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 724 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
7000(15) |
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Armament |
K421, 424, 426, 517, 625: 1 x 1 - 102/45 Mk XXIV, 1 x 4 - 40/39 Mk VII, 4 x 2 - 20/70 Mk V, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk III, 2 x 3 - 305 Squid ASWRL, 2 DCT, 1 DCR (15) K422: 1 x 1 - 102/45 Mk XXIV, 2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk III, 1 x 4 - 40/39 Mk VII, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Mk III, 2 x 3 - 305 Squid ASWRL, 2 DCT, 1 DCR (15) |
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Electronic equipment |
type 277 radar, type 144, type 147B sonars |
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Complement |
114 |
Project history: Former RN 'Loch' class frigates.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
© Ivan Gogin, 2015