NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Taupo (ex-Loch Shin)	K421, 1950- F421		Swan Hunter, Wallsend, UK	9/1943	23.2.1944	10.1944 // 3.9.1948	sold 12.1961
Hawea (ex-Loch Eck)	K422, 1950- F422		Smiths Dock, South Bank, UK	10/1943	25.4.1944	11.1944 // 1.10.1948	sold 12.1965
Pukaki (ex-Loch Achanalt)	K424, 1950- F424		Robb, Leith, UK	9.1943	23.3.1944	8.1944 // 3.9.1948	sold 9.1965
Kaniere (ex-Loch Achray)	K426, 1950- F426		Smiths Dock, South Bank, UK	12/1943	7.7.1944	2.1945 // 7.7.1948	sold 9.1966
Tutira (ex-Loch Morlich)	K517, 1950- F517		Swan Hunter, Wallsend, UK	7.1943	25.1.1944	8.1944 // 1.4.1949	sold 12.1961
Rotoiti (ex-Loch Katrine)	K625, 1950- F625		Robb, Leith, UK	12/1943	21.8.1944	12.1944 // 7.7.1949	sold 9.1966

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	1435
Displacement full, t	2260
Length, m	87.2 pp 93.6 oa
Breadth, m	11.8
Draught, m	3.76 deep load
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VTE, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers
Power, h. p.	5500
Max speed, kts	19.5
Fuel, t	oil 724
Endurance, nm(kts)	7000(15)
Armament	K421, 424, 426, 517, 625: 1 x 1 - 102/45 Mk XXIV, 1 x 4 - 40/39 Mk VII, 4 x 2 - 20/70 Mk V, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk III, 2 x 3 - 305 Squid ASWRL, 2 DCT, 1 DCR (15) K422: 1 x 1 - 102/45 Mk XXIV, 2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk III, 1 x 4 - 40/39 Mk VII, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Mk III, 2 x 3 - 305 Squid ASWRL, 2 DCT, 1 DCR (15)
Electronic equipment	type 277 radar, type 144, type 147B sonars
Complement	114

Standard scale images

Project history

Former RN 'Loch' class frigates.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.