HMNZS Taupo (F423)
![]() Loch Shin in November 1944 | |
Career (New Zealand (RNZN)) | ![]() |
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Name: | HMNZS Taupo |
Commissioned: | 1948 |
Decommissioned: | 1962 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Loch class frigate |
Displacement: | 1,435 tons |
Length: | 286 ft (87 m) p/p 307.25 ft (93.65 m) o/a |
Beam: | 38.5 ft (11.7 m) |
Draught: | 8.75 ft (2.67 m) standard 13.25 ft (4.04 m) full |
Propulsion: | 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2 shafts
4-cylinder vertical triple expansion reciprocating engines, 5,500 ihp or Parsons single reduction geared turbines, 6,500 shp |
Speed: | 20 knots (37 km/h) |
Range: | 730 tons oil fuel, 9,500 nautical miles (17,600 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h) |
Complement: | 114 |
Armament: | 1 × QF 4 inch Mark V on one single mounting HA MkIII**
4 × QF 2 pounder MkVII on 1 quad mount MkVII 4 × 20 mm Oerlikon A/A on 2 twin mounts MkV (or 2 × 40 mm Bofors A/A on 2 single mounts Mk.III) up to 8 × 20 mm Oerlikon A/A on single mounts MkIII 2 × Squid triple barreled A/S mortars 1 rail and 2 throwers for depth charges |
HMNZS Taupo (F423), originally HMS Loch Shin, was a Loch class frigate, which served in the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) from 1948 to 1962.[1]
See also
References
Bibliography
- McDougall, R J (1989) New Zealand Naval Vessels. Page 37-41. Government Printing Office. ISBN 978-0-477-01399-4
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