HMNZS Waikato (F55)
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.
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HMNZS Waikato (F55)
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.
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HMNZS Waikato (F55) was a Lean ...... British ships for deployment.
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1.24968e+1
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1965-02-18
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Sunk on 18 December 2000 as an artificial reef
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Ship aircraft
Originally a Wasp helicopter, later a Kaman SH-2G
Ship armament
*2 × 4.5 in (114 mm) guns in t ...... *4 × M2 Browning machine guns.
Ship commissioned
September 1966
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Ship country
Ship decommissioned
Ship displacement
*2,450 tons standard
*3,200 tons full load
Ship homeport
Tauranga, New Zealand, but based out of Devonport Naval Base, Auckland
Ship honours
*Armilla Patrol 1982
*Bougainville 1990
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Ship namesake
Waikato province of New Zealand
Ship propulsion
*2 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers ...... rbines, 30,000 shp to 2 shafts
Ship refit
Major modernisation refit 1986–88
Ship sensors
Type 965 air search radar. 993 main search radar. 1006 Navigational Radar
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HMNZS Waikato (F55) was a Lean ...... British ships for deployment.
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HMNZS Waikato (F55)
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HMNZS Waikato
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The mighty Y
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