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Name Official number Flag IMO
CANTERBURY    NZL   
Year built Date launched Date completed
1971  06/05/1970  22/10/1971 
Vessel type Vessel description
Naval Frigate  Steel Steam Turbine  
Builder Yard Yard no
Yarrow Shipbuilders Ltd., Glasgow   1001 
 

Tonnage Length Breadth Depth Draft
 /  / 2470 disp 372 ft  43 ft    14 ft 6 in 
Engine builder J. Samuel White, Cowes
Engine detail
2 - Screw, English Electric geared turbines, 30,000 SHP 

First owner First port of register Registration date
Royal New Zealand Navy     
Other names
 
Subsequent owner and registration history
 
Vessel history
Leander class. pennant F421). 31/03/2005 decommissioned and sold to Bay of Islands Canterbury Charitable Trust for $1.  
Remarks
 
End year Fate / Status
2007  Scuttled 03/11/2007 
Disposal Detail
Sunk as an artificial reef Deep Water Cove, Cape Brett, New Zealand. 
 

 

Yarrows Scotstoun
Image courtesy of :  Dennis Maccoy

at Yarrows, Scotstoun
Image courtesy of :  Dennis Maccoy

building 31/10/1969
Image courtesy of :  Brian Hargreaves

fitting out 5/6/1971
Image courtesy of :  Brian Hargreaves

Jubilee Review Portsmouth 25/6/1977
Image courtesy of :  Brian Hargreaves

Battle of Atlantic Review 25/5/1993
Image courtesy of :  Brian Hargreaves


Image courtesy of :  David T Jackson

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