HMNZS Arabis (K385)
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| Career (New Zealand) |  Royal New Zealand Navy |
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| Builder: | George and Brown, Scotland |
| Commissioned: | 1944 |
| Decommissioned: | 1948 |
| Fate: | broken up August 1951 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Flower-class corvette |
| Displacement: | 980 tons standard, 1350 tins full load |
| Length: | 63.5/58.8 m (208.25/193 ft) |
| Beam: | 10.1 m (33.25 ft) |
| Draught: | 5.3 m (17.5 ft) |
| Propulsion: | 2 fire tube boilers, one 4-cycle triple-expansion steam engine 2,880 ihp (2,130 kW) |
| Speed: | 16 knots at 2,750 hp |
| Range: | 3500 nautical miles at 12 knots (6500 km at 22 km/h) |
| Complement: | 85 men |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
asdic, radar (4x1-20mm) |
| Armament: |
1 x 4 in (102 mm) BL Mk IX gun, 8 x 20 mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft guns ATW Hedgehog A/S Mortar Depth charge projectors, 72 depth charge |
HMNZS Arabis (K385) was a modified Flower- class corvette of the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) . She was commissioned in 1944 and decommissioned in 1948.
After a refit, Arabis sailed for the Solomons, arriving at Renard Sound on 14 Dec 1944 where she took over as SO, 25th MS Flotilla, from Matai. She returned to Auckland on 20 Jun 1945. Two voyages to Noumea followed in July 1945 to escort with Tui the twelve RNZN Fairmiles back home to Auckland.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- Walters, Sydney David (1956) The Royal New Zealand Navy: Official History of World War II, Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington Online
- McDougall, R J (1989) New Zealand Naval Vessels. Page 49-51. Government Printing Office. ISBN 9780477013994
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