HMNZS Canterbury (F421)
HMNZS Canterbury (F421) was one of two broad beam Leander-class frigates operated by the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) from 1971 to 2005. She was built in Scotland and launched in 1970. Commissioned in 1971, Canterbury saw operational service in much of Australasia and other regions like the Persian Gulf. She undertook operations such as supporting UN sanctions against Iraq and peace-keeping in East Timor. With her sister ship HMNZS Waikato she relieved the Royal Navy frigate HMS Amazon in the Indian Ocean during the Falklands War. Early in HMNZS Canterbury's career she relieved the frigate HMNZS Otago at Moruroa during anti-nuclear protests, in 1973, F 421 being the most effectively insulated frigate, from nuclear fallout, with the Improved Broad Beam Leander steam plant, for e.g., being
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HMNZS Canterbury (F421)
HMNZS Canterbury (F421) was one of two broad beam Leander-class frigates operated by the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) from 1971 to 2005. She was built in Scotland and launched in 1970. Commissioned in 1971, Canterbury saw operational service in much of Australasia and other regions like the Persian Gulf. She undertook operations such as supporting UN sanctions against Iraq and peace-keeping in East Timor. With her sister ship HMNZS Waikato she relieved the Royal Navy frigate HMS Amazon in the Indian Ocean during the Falklands War. Early in HMNZS Canterbury's career she relieved the frigate HMNZS Otago at Moruroa during anti-nuclear protests, in 1973, F 421 being the most effectively insulated frigate, from nuclear fallout, with the Improved Broad Beam Leander steam plant, for e.g., being
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HMNZS Canterbury (F421) was on ...... n 38 metres (125 ft) of water.
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1971-10-22
decommissioning date
2005-03-21
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laying down
1969-06-12
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1970-05-06
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Scuttled 3 November 2007 as an artificial reef
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14,502,571
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733,415,710
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*Originally a Wasp helicopter ...... Depth charges
*M60 machine gun
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2592000.0
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Ship propulsion
*2 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers ...... bines, 30,000 shp to 2 shafts
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*Air Search Radar: Signal LW-0 ...... pons Control: RCA TR-76 I Band
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-35.1938 174.2944
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HMNZS Canterbury (F421) was on ...... steam plant, for e.g., being
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-3.51938e+1
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1.742944e+2
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