Waikato 1975
Southland 1990
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Waikato | F55 | Harland & Wolff, Belfast, UK | 10.1.1964 | 18.2.1965 | 16.9.1966 | sold 1998 | |
| Southland (ex-Dido) | F104 | Yarrow, Scotstoun, UK | 2.12.1959 | 22.12.1961 | 18.9.1963 // 18.7.1983 | sold 1995 |
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Displacement standard, t |
F55: 2350 F104: 2450 |
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Displacement full, t |
F55: 2860 F104: 2960 |
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Length, m |
109.7 pp 113.4 oa |
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Breadth, m |
12.5 |
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Draught, m |
5.50 max |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 sets White-English Electric Y-136 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 460 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
4000(15) |
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Armament |
F55: 1 x 4 Sea Cat GWS22 SAM (12), 1 x 2 - 120/45 Mk 6, 1 x 3 - 305 Limbo Mk 10 ASWRL, 1 helicopter (Wasp) F104: 2 x 4 Sea Cat GWS22 SAM (24), 1 x 1 Ikara GWS40 ASuM (30), 2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 9, 1 x 3 - 305 Limbo Mk 10 ASWRL, 1 helicopter (Wasp) |
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Electronic equipment |
F55: type 965 AKE-1, type 992Q, type 903, type 904, type 978 radars, type 162B, type 170B, type 184M sonars, UA-8/9, type 668 or type 669 ECM suites F104: type 1006, type 994, type 904, Ikara control radars, type 170B, type 184M, type 199 sonars, UA-8/9, type 668 or type 669 ECM suites, ADAWS-5 CCS |
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Complement |
F55: 263 F104: 267 |
Project history: In June 1963 one of the new Leander class was ordered from the RN, but when a second frigate was approved five years later the modified or 'broad-beam' version was ordered (August 1968). They were similar to the RN ships apart from a modified funnel cap.
In October 1981 it was announced that the Ikara-armed Leander, HMS Dido, and the broad-beam Bacchante would be purchased from the Royal Navy in 1981-82.
Modernizations: 1977, Waikato: - 1 x 3 - 305 Limbo ASWRL, Wasp helicopter, type 992Q radars, type 170B sonar; + 2 x 3 - 324 TT, Lynx helicopter, type 993 radar
Naval service: No significant events.
Waikato 1979
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