1960 to 1983    

F111 HMNZS Otago

NZ Royal New Zealand Navy





IMO:
MMSI:
Flight Deck:
Call Sign: ZMSI
Shipyard: Vosper Thornycroft
See Also: FS Protector OPV class P148





  Events


History of NZ HMNZS Otago F111

1956-febOrderedOrdered by RN as HMS Hastings
1958-dec-11LaunchedLaunched by HRH Princess Margaret as HMNZS Otago
1960-jun-26CommissionedCommissioned
1960-nov-17Port VisitPort Visit departed London, UK for New Zealand
1962-mar-12DeploymentDeployment Northern Borneo and Tawau Deployed as part of Commonwealth Strategic Reserve patrolling around Borneo with periods as Tawau guardship. Returned to NZ Oct 1962.
1963-apr-01DeploymentDeployment Northern Borneo and Tawau Konfrontasi Deployed as part of Commonwealth Strategic Reserve patrolling around Borneo with periods as Tawau guardship. Returned to NZ Dec 1963.
1964-jul-18DeploymentDeployment Northern Borneo and Tawau Konfrontasi Deployed as part of Commonwealth Strategic Reserve patrolling around Borneo with periods as Tawau guardship. Returned to NZ May 1965.
1965-mar-15DeploymentDeployment Exercise FOTEX 65 Exercise FOTEX 65 Exercising off Singapore in multi-national Naval Force
1973-jun-28DeploymentDeployment Mururoa Atoll departed Auckland to protest at the French nuclear tests. Joined with HMAS Supply on 29 June and proceeded in company towards Mururoa Atoll. Relieved by HMNZS Canterbury after 22 Jul.
1974RefitRefit Limbo tubes removed and replaced by torpedo launchers, until 1975
1976 I served on the Otago 1975 to 1977, the Limbo mortars were not removed until 1979. The triple torpedo tubes were added in the 1974-1975 refit.
1979RefitRefit repair of damaged Sea Cat system
1983-novDecommissionedDecommissioned
1987Fate: scrappedFate: scrapped sold for scrap in Auckland, New Zealand



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  Specifications


Type 12 Rothesay class
235crew
2144light (tn)
2577full load (tn)
112.70length (m)
12.50beam (m)
5.20draught (m)
30max speed (knots)

1Missile Launcher Sea Cat

2Naval Gun single 20 mm
2Chaff and decoys Corvus chaff launcher

1Naval Radar navigation radar Type 978
1Naval Radar surface and low level air search radar Type 993

  Builder


UK Vosper Thornycroft, Woolston




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