HMNZS Rotoiti (F625)
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HMNZS Rotoiti (F625) was a Loch-class frigate of the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN), which had formerly served in the British Royal Navy as HMS Loch Katrine at the end of World War II.
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HMNZS Rotoiti underway circa 1964 | |
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Loch Katrine |
Namesake | Loch Katrine |
Ordered | 25 January 1943 |
Builder | Henry Robb, Leith |
Yard number | 347 |
Laid down | 31 December 1943 |
Launched | 21 August 1944 |
Completed | 29 December 1944 |
Commissioned | December 1944 |
Decommissioned | May 1946 |
Fate | Sold to New Zealand, 1948 |
New Zealand | |
Name | HMNZS Rotoiti |
Acquired | 1948 |
Commissioned | 7 May 1949 |
Decommissioned | April 1953 |
Recommissioned | February 1957 |
Decommissioned | August 1965 |
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Fate | Sold for scrapping, 1966 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Loch-class frigate |
Displacement | 1,435 long tons (1,458 t) |
Length | 307 ft 9 in (93.80 m) |
Beam | 38 ft 9 in (11.81 m) |
Draught | 8 ft 9 in (2.67 m) |
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Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Range | 9,500 nmi (17,600 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Complement | 114 |
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