Otago 2010
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Otago | P148 | Tenix, Williamstown, Australia | 16.12.2005 | 18.11.2006 | 18.2.2010 | in service (2019) | |
| Wellington | P55 | Tenix, Williamstown, Australia | 21.11.2006 | 27.10.2007 | 10.5.2010 | in service (2019) |
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Displacement standard, t |
1600 |
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Displacement full, t |
1900 |
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Length, m |
77.6 pp 85.0 oa |
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Breadth, m |
14.0 |
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Draught, m |
3.60 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 MAN 12RK280 diesels |
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Power, h. p. |
14680 |
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Max speed, kts |
22 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
8500(12) |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 25/87 DS-25M Typhoon, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90, 1 helicopter (SH-2G Super SeaSprite) |
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Electronic equipment |
2x nav. radars, EOSS e/o system, mine avoidance sonar, WARRLOCK ECM suite |
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Complement |
45 + 38 passengers |
Project history: Class of two OPVs was ordered in 2004 as part of Protector program to replace two 'broad-beam Leander' class frigates Wellington and Canterbury. Enhanced design of Irish Eithne class. Built under merchant standards. Ice-strengthened. Each has 2 7.75m fast RIBs.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
Wellington 2013
© Ivan Gogin, 2019