HMNZS Otago (F111)

Ships carrying the name HMNZS Otago are named after the Province of Otago in New Zealand, on the South Island and are normally associated with the City of Dunedin.

HMNZS Otago (F111)

Was a Rothesay Class Type 12 Frigate, acquired from the Royal Navy before completion. She was launched on 11 December 1958 by Princess Margaret, and was commissioned into the Royal New Zealand Navy on 22 June 1960. The vessel become the RNZN training ship in 1981, and paid off into inactive reserve November 1983. The vessel was sold for scrap in 1987 and broken up in Auckland.

Armament consisted of 2 x 4.5-inch gun, 1 x 4 Seacat Missile Launcher, 2 x Limbo anti-submarine mortars (Replaced by MK32 Torpedo Tubes, 12 x 21-inch torpedo tubes (Later removed)

Operational Service

* Various SEATO (South East Asia Treaty Organisation) deployments.
* Anti Nuclear Protest - Mururoa Atoll: 1973

References

External links

* [http://www.hmnzsotago.co.nz/ HMNZS Otago Association]
* [http://www.mururoavet.com/ Mururoa Veterans]

HMNZS Otago (P-148)

Project Protector Class Ocean Patrol Vessel, launched in Williamstown, Melbourne on the 18th of November by former NZ Governor-General Dame Silvia Cartwright. The 85m vessel is one of the Project Protector fleet and one of two offshore patrol vessels.

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