HMNZS Waikato (F55) (original) (raw)

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HMNZS Waikato (F55) was a Leander Batch 2TA frigate of the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN). She was one of two Leanders built for the RNZN, the other being the Batch 3 HMNZS Canterbury. These two New Zealand ships relieved British ships of the Armilla patrol during the Falklands conflict, freeing British ships for deployment. (en)

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dbr:Harland_and_Wolff

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12.496800 (xsd:double)

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1965-02-18 (xsd:date)

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Sunk on 18 December 2000 as an artificial reef

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50.004000 (xsd:double)

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https://web.archive.org/web/20130227060652/http:/hmnzswaikato.webs.com/

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Originally a Wasp helicopter, later a Kaman SH-2G (en)

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*2 × 4.5 in (114 mm) guns in twin Mk6 mounting *1 × quadruple Sea Cat SAM launcher *2 × *Mark 32 torpedo tubes for Mark 46 torpedoes *4 × M2 Browning machine guns. (en)

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dbr:Harland_and_Wolff

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September 1966 (en)

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18 (xsd:integer)

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New Zealand (en)

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1998 (xsd:integer)

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*2,450 tons standard *3,200 tons full load (en)

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0001-12-18 (xsd:gMonthDay)

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Tauranga, New Zealand, but based out of Devonport Naval Base, Auckland (en)

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*Armilla Patrol - 1982 *Bougainville - Operation Big Talk 1990 (en)

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F55 (en)

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January 1964 (en)

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1965-02-18 (xsd:date)

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HMNZS Waikato (en)

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Waikato province of New Zealand (en)

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"The Mighty Y" (en)

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dbr:Royal_New_Zealand_Navy

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*2 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers delivering steam to *2 × English Electric geared steam turbines, 30,000 shp to 2 shafts (en)

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at (en)

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Major modernisation refit 1986–88 (en)

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Type 965 air search radar. 993 main search radar. 1006 Navigational Radar (en)

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HMNZS Waikato (F55) was a Leander Batch 2TA frigate of the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN). She was one of two Leanders built for the RNZN, the other being the Batch 3 HMNZS Canterbury. These two New Zealand ships relieved British ships of the Armilla patrol during the Falklands conflict, freeing British ships for deployment. (en)

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