Otago 1963
Otago 1975
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Otago (ex-Hastings) | F111 | Thornycroft, Woolston, UK | 5.9.1957 | 11.12.1958 | 22.6.1960 | sold 8.1987 | |
| Taranaki | F148 | J S White, Isle of Wight, UK | 27.6.1958 | 19.8.1959 | 28.3.1961 | sold 8.1987 |
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Displacement standard, t |
2150 |
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Displacement full, t |
2560 |
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Length, m |
109.7 pp 112.7 oa |
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Breadth, m |
12.5 |
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Draught, m |
3.90 max |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 sets ASR geared steam turbines, 2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
30000 |
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Max speed, kts |
29 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 370 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
4500(12) |
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Armament |
1 x 2 - 120/45 Mk 6, 1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 9, 2 x 3 - 305 Limbo Mk 10 ASWRL |
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Electronic equipment |
type 277Q, type 293Q, type 275, type 903 radars, type 170, type 174/177, type 162M sonars, UA-3 ECM suite |
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Complement |
200 - 235 |
Project history: Otago was ordered in February 1956 for the RN, but in February 1957 the contract was taken over by the RNZN and a second ship was ordered at the same time. Apart from internal modifications they were identical with RN ships.
Modernizations: 1967, Otago; 1969, Taranaki: - 1 x 1 - 40/60, 2 x 3 - 305 Limbo ASWRL, type 293Q radar; + 1 x 4 Sea Cat GWS22 SAM (12 Sea Cat), 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 7, 2 x 3 - 324 TT, type 993 radar
1979, Taranaki: - 1 x 4 Sea Cat SAM; + 1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 9
1979, Otago: - type 277Q radar
Naval service: In 1978-79 Taranaki was converted to a training ship with a single 40mm Mk 7 on the after superstructure.
Otago 1979
Taranaki 1979
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