HMNZS Hawea (F422)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMNZS Hawea.
HMNZS Hawea (F422), formerly HMS Loch Eck (K422), was one of six Loch-class frigates that served in both the Royal Navy (RN) and the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN). The ship was laid down by Smiths Dock on 25 October 1943, launched on 25 April 1944 and commissioned into the Royal Navy as HMS Loch Eck on 7 November 1944.
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Name | HMS Loch Eck |
Namesake | Loch Eck |
Ordered | 25 January 1943 |
Builder | Smiths Dock Company, Middlesbrough |
Yard number | 1129 |
Laid down | 25 October 1943 |
Launched | 25 April 1944 |
Commissioned | 7 November 1944 |
Decommissioned | 13 August 1946 |
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Fate | Sold to New Zealand, 1948 |
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Name | HMNZS Hawea |
Namesake | Lake Hāwea |
Acquired | 7 September 1948 |
Commissioned | 1 October 1948 |
Decommissioned | 15 February 1957 |
Reclassified | Training ship in 1961 |
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Honours and awards | Korea 1951-53 |
Fate | Sold for breaking up, September 1965 |
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Class and type | Loch-class frigate |
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Beam | 11.8 m (39 ft) |
Draught | 4.3 m (14 ft) full load |
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Speed | 19.5 knots (36.1 km/h) |
Range | 730 tons oil fuel, 9,500 nautical miles (17,600 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h) |
Complement | 114 |
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