HMNZS "Canterbury" - Pihia, Northland, New Zealand
S 35° 16.867 E 174° 05.542
60H E 235546 N 6091903
Situated outside the Pihia Information Centre.
Waymark Code: WMAB6B
Location: North Island, New Zealand
Date Posted: 12/17/2010
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The Plaque Reads:-
Propella HMNZS Canterbury
Commisioned 22 October 1971
Decomissioned 31 March 2005
Sunk 3mNovemver 2007
The hull now lies at 32 metres in Deep Water Cove, Cape Brett.
HMNZS Canterbury (F421) was one of two broad beam Leander class frigates operated by the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) from 1971 to 2005. HMNZS Canterbury was laid down on 12 June 1969 by Yarrow Shipbuilders and launched 11 months later on 6 May 1970.
Commissioned on the 22 October 1971, Canterbury went on to see operational service in much of Australasia and other regions like the Persian Gulf, undertaking operations like supporting UN sanctions against Iraq and peace-keeping in East Timor. In addition, Canterbury relieved the Royal Navy frigate HMS Amazon in the Indian Ocean during the Falklands War, and later relieved the frigate HMNZS Otago at Moruroa during anti-nuclear protests.
Canterbury was decommissioned in 2005 and after extensive works to remove potentially toxic materials, she was scuttled on 3 November 2007 at Deep Water Cove in the Bay of Islands to provide a dive wreck. She lies in 38 metres of water.
Ship Career
Class and type Leander class frigate
Ship name HMNZS Canterbury (F421)
Namesake Canterbury Region
Operator Royal New Zealand Navy
Builder Yarrow Shipbuilders
Laid down 12 June 1969
Launched 6 May 1970
Commissioned 22 October 1971
Decommissioned 21 March 2005
Homeport Lyttelton
Fate Scuttled 3 November 2007 as an artificial reef
General characteristics
Displacement 2,945 tonnes full load
Length 113.4 m (372 ft)
Beam 13.1 m (43 ft)
Draught 5.5 m (18 ft)
Speed 28 kn (51.9 km/h)
Range 4600 nmi (8519.2 km) at 15 kn (27.8 km/h)
Endurance 30 days or 5500 nmi (10186 km) at 15 kn (27.8 km/h)
Complement 245 + 15 officers
Sensors and
processing systems Air Search Radar: Signal LW-08 D Band: Range 265 km for 2 m2 target
Air Surface Search Radar: Plessey Type 993 E/F Band
Navigation Radar: Kelvin Hughes Type 1006 I band
Hull Sonar: Graseby Type 750 Medium Frequency Active
Electronic Surveillance: Argo Phoenix intercept and Jammer, Telegon PST 1288 HVU
IFF system: Cossor Mk XII
Data System: Plessey/Marconi Nautis F with Link 11
Weapons Control: RCA TR-76 I Band
Armament 2 × Vickers 4.5"(114mm) L45 DP guns in one Mk 6 twin mounting
Sea Cat missile system removed early 1990s and replaced by Phalanx CIWS
4 × 12.7 mm AA guns
Mod 5 Mark 46 torpedoes in Mark 32 torpedo tubes
2 × Mark 36 SRBOC Mod 1 chaff launchers
Aircraft carried Originally a Wasp helicopter, later a Kaman SH-2G, armed with Mod 2 ASW Mark 46 torpedoes
Maverick AGM-65(NZ) Air-to-surface missile
Depth charges
M60 machine gun
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