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Otago 1979

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Otago (ex-Hastings)	F111		Thornycroft, Woolston, UK	5.9.1957	11.12.1958	22.6.1960	sold 8.1987
Taranaki	F148		J S White, Isle of Wight, UK	27.6.1958	19.8.1959	28.3.1961	sold 8.1987

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	2150
Displacement full, t	2560
Length, m	109.7 pp 112.7 oa
Breadth, m	12.5
Draught, m	3.90 max
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 sets ASR geared steam turbines, 2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers
Power, h. p.	30000
Max speed, kts	29
Fuel, t	oil 370
Endurance, nm(kts)	4500(12)
Armament	1 x 2 - 120/45 Mk 6, 1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 9, 2 x 3 - 305 Limbo Mk 10 ASWRL
Electronic equipment	type 277Q, type 293Q, type 275, type 903 radars, type 170, type 174/177, type 162M sonars, UA-3 ECM suite
Complement	200 - 235

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Project history

Otago was ordered in February 1956 for the RN, but in February 1957 the contract was taken over by the RNZN and a second ship was ordered at the same time. Apart from internal modifications they were identical with RN ships.

Modernizations

1967, Otago; 1969, Taranaki: - 1 x 1 - 40/60, 2 x 3 - 305 Limbo ASWRL, type 293Q radar; + 1 x 4 Sea Cat GWS22 SAM (12 Sea Cat), 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 7, 2 x 3 - 324 TT, type 993 radar

1979, Taranaki: - 1 x 4 Sea Cat SAM; + 1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 9

1979, Otago: - type 277Q radar

Naval service

In 1978-79 Taranaki was converted to a training ship with a single 40mm Mk 7 on the after superstructure.