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Waikato 1979

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Waikato	F55		Harland & Wolff, Belfast, UK	10.1.1964	18.2.1965	16.9.1966	sold 1998
Southland (ex-Dido)	F104		Yarrow, Scotstoun, UK	2.12.1959	22.12.1961	18.9.1963 // 18.7.1983	sold 1995

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	F55: 2350 F104: 2450
Displacement full, t	F55: 2860 F104: 2960
Length, m	109.7 pp 113.4 oa
Breadth, m	12.5
Draught, m	5.50 max
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 sets White-English Electric Y-136 geared steam turbines, 2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers
Power, h. p.	30000
Max speed, kts	28
Fuel, t	oil 460
Endurance, nm(kts)	4000(15)
Armament	F55: 1 x 4 Sea Cat GWS22 SAM (12), 1 x 2 - 120/45 Mk 6, 1 x 3 - 305 Limbo Mk 10 ASWRL, 1 helicopter (Wasp) F104: 2 x 4 Sea Cat GWS22 SAM (24), 1 x 1 Ikara GWS40 ASuM (30), 2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 9, 1 x 3 - 305 Limbo Mk 10 ASWRL, 1 helicopter (Wasp)
Electronic equipment	F55: type 965 AKE-1, type 992Q, type 903, type 904, type 978 radars, type 162B, type 170B, type 184M sonars, UA-8/9, type 668 or type 669 ECM suites F104: type 1006, type 994, type 904, Ikara control radars, type 170B, type 184M, type 199 sonars, UA-8/9, type 668 or type 669 ECM suites, ADAWS-5 CCS
Complement	F55: 263 F104: 267

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Project history

In June 1963 one of the new Leander class was ordered from the RN, but when a second frigate was approved five years later the modified or 'broad-beam' version was ordered (August 1968). They were similar to the RN ships apart from a modified funnel cap.

In October 1981 it was announced that the Ikara-armed Leander, HMS Dido, and the broad-beam Bacchante would be purchased from the Royal Navy in 1981-82.

Modernizations

1977, Waikato: - 1 x 3 - 305 Limbo ASWRL, Wasp helicopter, type 992Q radars, type 170B sonar; + 2 x 3 - 324 TT, Lynx helicopter, type 993 radar

Naval service

No significant events.