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===Service===
===Service===


The last Leander-class frigate (and the last steam-driven warship) in service in New Zealand, the ship was built in Scotland and launched in 1970. During her time in service, the travelled about 960,000 [[nautical mile]]s (44 circumnavigations of the Earth), and was temporary home of 559 officers and 3,269 ratings.<ref name="HER2">''[http://www.nzherald.co.nz/organisation/story.cfm?o_id=105&ObjectID=10113651 All hands on deck to farewell a grand dame]'' - ''[[New Zealand Herald]]'', Saturday 05 March 2005</ref>
The last Leander-class frigate (and the last steam-driven warship) in service in New Zealand, the ship was built in Scotland and launched in 1970. During her time in service, the travelled about 960,000 [[nautical mile]]s (44 circumnavigations of the Earth), and was temporary home of 559 officers and 3,269 ratings.<ref name="HER2">''[http://www.nzherald.co.nz/organisation/story.cfm?o_id=105&ObjectID=10113651 All hands on deck to farewell a grand dame]'' - ''[[The New Zealand Herald]]'', Saturday 05 March 2005</ref>


She was sent to [[Moruroa|Moruroa Atoll]] in 1973 as a symbolic protest of New Zealand against French nuclear testing. She was also involved in patrolling the [[Persian Gulf]] during 1982-1983 and in 1996 was one of the ships tasked with enforcing the [[embargo]] against [[Iraq]]. She also was the first New Zealand Navy ship to visit [[China]] (in 1987), and has participated in a number of humanitarian and peace-keeping missions, for example to Samoa, Fiji or New Guinea.<ref name="HER2"/>
She was sent to [[Moruroa|Moruroa Atoll]] in 1973 as a symbolic protest of New Zealand against French nuclear testing. She was also involved in patrolling the [[Persian Gulf]] during 1982-1983 and in 1996 was one of the ships tasked with enforcing the [[embargo]] against [[Iraq]]. She also was the first New Zealand Navy ship to visit [[China]] (in 1987), and has participated in a number of humanitarian and peace-keeping missions, for example to Samoa, Fiji or New Guinea.<ref name="HER2"/>


In the early 2000s, it was becoming increasingly clear that the ship's technical systems were getting old, and mechanical faults were multiplying. In October 2003, a fire broke out in the auxiliary [[switchboard]] while the ship was off the [[Chatham Islands]]. The ship was saved through quick action from Dale Bradley and Bjorn MacRae (who received the [[New Zealand Order of Merit]] for his actions in the smoke-filled switchboard room), but it was considered that major damage or even ship loss had been only barely avoided. The repairs cost NZ$ 1 million,<ref name="F69B"/> and the incident may have added to the decision to eventually decommission and replace her with [[Royal New Zealand Navy Future Plans|newer multi-role vessels]].<ref name="HER2"/>.
In the early 2000s, it was becoming increasingly clear that the ship's technical systems were getting old, and mechanical faults were multiplying. In October 2003, a fire broke out in the auxiliary [[switchboard]] while the ship was off the [[Chatham Islands]]. The ship was saved through quick action from Dale Bradley and Bjorn MacRae (who received the [[New Zealand Order of Merit]] for his actions in the smoke-filled switchboard room), but it was considered that major damage or even ship loss had been only barely avoided. The repairs cost NZ$ 1 million,<ref name="F69B"/> and the incident may have added to the decision to eventually decommission and replace her with [[Royal New Zealand Navy Future Plans|newer multi-role vessels]].<ref name="HER2"/>

HMNZS ''Canterbury'' (once decommissioned) had leaking problems at Devonport Naval Base in Auckland while awaiting Government disposal.


===Final fate===
===Final fate===


After being decommissioned in 2005, there was talk of converting her into a floating [[hostel]]. However, during a 2004 inspection, corrosion of the ship's structure had been found to be too serious for her to stay afloat in the long term without very costly maintenance.<ref name="TURRET"/> Enthusiasts at the [[Bay of Islands Charitable Trust]] proposed the idea of scuttling her as a [[dive wreck]] at [[Deep Water Cove]] in the [[Bay of Islands]]. The New Zealand Navy ships ''Tui'' and ''Waikato'' are already lying on the ground off the [[Tutukaka Coast]], while the [[Greenpeace]] ship ''[[Rainbow Warrior]]'' was scuttled off [[Matauri Bay]]. It is hoped that the wreck, in addition to becoming an [[artificial reef]] enhancing [[biodiversity]], will also provide additional options for the regions [[Recreational diving|diving tourism]].<ref name="HER">''[http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10414772 Frigate's final journey draws near]'' - ''[[New Zealand Herald]]'', Monday 11 December 2006</ref> It is considered that removed [[scrap metal]] and equipment (such as ship's lockers or the [[propellor]]) will bring up to NZ$ 400,000 to offset the NZ$ 650,000 costs of cleaning up and scuttling her,<ref name="F69A">''[http://www.divewreck.co.nz/F69/Canterbury.php Frigate to find final resting place in October] (from the New Zealand Drivewrecks website, Monday 09 April 2007)</ref> while the worth to the local economy could be in the millions.<ref name="HER2"/> The ship itself had been sold to the trust for a symbolic NZ$ 1.<ref>''[http://www.divewreck.co.nz/F69/Canterbury.php Last steam frigate sold for a dollar]'' (from the New Zealand Drivewrecks website, Monday, 02 February 2007)</ref> The turret of the frigate was removed and is to become part of the exhibits at a planned new navy museum in Auckland.<ref name="TURRET">''[http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10376845 Old warship unlikely to stay afloat as hotel]'' - ''[[New Zealand Herald]]'', Monday 10 April 2006</ref>
After being decommissioned in 2005, there was talk of converting her into a floating [[hostel]]. However, during a 2004 inspection, corrosion of the ship's structure had been found to be too serious for her to stay afloat in the long term without very costly maintenance.<ref name="TURRET"/> Enthusiasts at the [[Bay of Islands Charitable Trust]] proposed the idea of scuttling her as a [[dive wreck]] at [[Deep Water Cove]] in the [[Bay of Islands]]. The New Zealand Navy ships ''Tui'' and ''Waikato'' are already lying on the ground off the [[Tutukaka Coast]], while the [[Greenpeace]] ship ''[[Rainbow Warrior]]'' was scuttled off [[Matauri Bay]]. It is hoped that the wreck, in addition to becoming an [[artificial reef]] enhancing [[biodiversity]], will also provide additional options for the regions [[Recreational diving|diving tourism]].<ref name="HER">''[http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10414772 Frigate's final journey draws near]'' - ''[[The New Zealand Herald]]'', Monday 11 December 2006</ref> It is considered that removed [[scrap metal]] and equipment (such as ship's lockers or the [[propellor]]) will bring up to NZ$ 400,000 to offset the NZ$ 650,000 costs of cleaning up and scuttling her,<ref name="F69A">''[http://www.divewreck.co.nz/F69/Canterbury.php Frigate to find final resting place in October] (from the New Zealand Drivewrecks website, Monday 09 April 2007)</ref> while the worth to the local economy could be in the millions.<ref name="HER2"/> The ship itself had been sold to the trust for a symbolic NZ$ 1.<ref>''[http://www.divewreck.co.nz/F69/Canterbury.php Last steam frigate sold for a dollar]'' (from the New Zealand Drivewrecks website, Monday, 02 February 2007)</ref> The turret of the frigate was removed and is to become part of the exhibits at a planned new navy museum in Auckland.<ref name="TURRET">''[http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10376845 Old warship unlikely to stay afloat as hotel]'' - ''[[The New Zealand Herald]]'', Monday 10 April 2006</ref>


It is expected that the ship will be able to be sunk in 2007, after possibly toxic materials have already been stripped out, and the [[New Zealand Department of Conservation|Department of Conservation]] has withdrawn its objections at the end of 2006.<ref name="HER"/> The intention was originally to sink her on Saturday 20 October 2007 - two days before its 36th commissioning anniversary.<ref name="F69A"/> She was sunk by imported [[plastic explosive]]s placed at 12 locations around the hull (totalling only 14 kg in weight).<ref name="OLD">''Old salt's heart to sink a little'' - ''[[New Zealand Herald]]'', Friday 05 October 2007, Page A11</ref> The sinking was organised by Norman Greenall, once [[Chief Petty Officer]] ([[shipwright]]) on the ''Canterbury''. Having also undertaken the scuttling of other New Zealand Navy ships (like the [[HMNZS Wellington|HMNZS ''Wellington'']]), Greenall has a somewhat colorful reputation in the navy as the person who has "sunk more of our navy ships than the enemy did in the whole of the Second World War".<ref name="F69B">''[http://www.divewreck.co.nz/F69/Canterbury.php Warship headed for the deep]'' (from the New Zealand Drivewrecks website, Wednesday 04 April 2007)</ref> The HMNZS ''Canterbury'' now lies on the seabed in Deep Water Cove.
It was expected that the ship would be able to be sunk in 2007, after possibly toxic materials have already been stripped out, and the [[New Zealand Department of Conservation|Department of Conservation]] has withdrawn its objections at the end of 2006.<ref name="HER"/> The intention was originally to sink her on Saturday 20 October 2007 - two days before its 36th commissioning anniversary.<ref name="F69A"/> After some delays, she was eventually sunk by imported [[plastic explosive]]s placed at 12 locations around the hull (totalling only 14 kg in weight).<ref name="OLD">''Old salt's heart to sink a little'' - ''[[The New Zealand Herald]]'', Friday 05 October 2007, Page A11</ref> The sinking was organised by Norman Greenall, once [[Chief Petty Officer]] ([[shipwright]]) on the ''Canterbury''. Having also undertaken the scuttling of other New Zealand Navy ships (like the [[HMNZS Wellington|HMNZS ''Wellington'']]), Greenall has a somewhat colourful reputation in the navy as the person who has "sunk more of our navy ships than the enemy did in the whole of the Second World War".<ref name="F69B">''[http://www.divewreck.co.nz/F69/Canterbury.php Warship headed for the deep]'' (from the New Zealand Drivewrecks website, Wednesday 04 April 2007)</ref> The HMNZS ''Canterbury'' now lies on the seabed in Deep Water Cove.


==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.divecanterburywreck.co.nz Dive Canterbury Wreck] (from [[Pauls Dive Planet all the info on Dive F421]] website)
*[http://www.divecanterburywreck.co.nz Dive Canterbury Wreck] (from the 'divecanterburywreck.co.nz' website)
*[http://www.canterburywreck.co.nz Canterbury Wreck] (from the [[Bay of Islands Canterbury Charitable Trust]] website)
*[http://www.canterburywreck.co.nz Canterbury Wreck] (from the [[Bay of Islands Canterbury Charitable Trust]] website)
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HMNZS Canterbury at Opua in June 2007, with the last of her equipment being taken off-board
History
RNZN EnsignNew Zealand
NameHMNZS Canterbury (F421)
NamesakeCanterbury Region
OperatorRoyal New Zealand Navy
BuilderYarrow Shipbuilders
Laid down12 June 1969
Launched6 May 1970
Commissioned22 October 1971
Decommissioned21 March 2005
HomeportLyttelton
FateScuttled 3 November 2007 as an artificial reef
General characteristics [citation needed]
Class and typeLeander class frigate
Displacement2,945 tonnes full load
Length113.4 metres (372 ft)
Beam13.1 metres (43 ft)
Draught5.5 metres (18 ft)
Propulsionlist error: <br /> list (help)
2 × Babcock and Wilcox boilers delivering steam to
2 x English Electric geared steam turbines, 30,000 shp (22.4 MW) to 2 shafts
Speed28 knots ([convert: unknown unit])
Range4,600 nautical miles (8,520 km) at 15 knots
Endurance30 days or 5,500 nm at 15 knots
Complement245 + 15 officers
Sensors and
processing systems		list error: <br /> list (help)
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
Armamentlist error: <br /> list (help)
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 carriedlist error: <br /> list (help)
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
For the vessel replacing this one by name, see: HMNZS Canterbury (L-421)

HMNZS Canterbury was one of two broad beam Leander class frigates operated by the Royal New Zealand Navy 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 35 metres of water.[citation needed]

History

Service

The last Leander-class frigate (and the last steam-driven warship) in service in New Zealand, the ship was built in Scotland and launched in 1970. During her time in service, the travelled about 960,000 nautical miles (44 circumnavigations of the Earth), and was temporary home of 559 officers and 3,269 ratings.[1]

She was sent to Moruroa Atoll in 1973 as a symbolic protest of New Zealand against French nuclear testing. She was also involved in patrolling the Persian Gulf during 1982-1983 and in 1996 was one of the ships tasked with enforcing the embargo against Iraq. She also was the first New Zealand Navy ship to visit China (in 1987), and has participated in a number of humanitarian and peace-keeping missions, for example to Samoa, Fiji or New Guinea.[1]

In the early 2000s, it was becoming increasingly clear that the ship's technical systems were getting old, and mechanical faults were multiplying. In October 2003, a fire broke out in the auxiliary switchboard while the ship was off the Chatham Islands. The ship was saved through quick action from Dale Bradley and Bjorn MacRae (who received the New Zealand Order of Merit for his actions in the smoke-filled switchboard room), but it was considered that major damage or even ship loss had been only barely avoided. The repairs cost NZ$ 1 million,[2] and the incident may have added to the decision to eventually decommission and replace her with newer multi-role vessels.[1]

Final fate

After being decommissioned in 2005, there was talk of converting her into a floating hostel. However, during a 2004 inspection, corrosion of the ship's structure had been found to be too serious for her to stay afloat in the long term without very costly maintenance.[3] Enthusiasts at the Bay of Islands Charitable Trust proposed the idea of scuttling her as a dive wreck at Deep Water Cove in the Bay of Islands. The New Zealand Navy ships Tui and Waikato are already lying on the ground off the Tutukaka Coast, while the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior was scuttled off Matauri Bay. It is hoped that the wreck, in addition to becoming an artificial reef enhancing biodiversity, will also provide additional options for the regions diving tourism.[4] It is considered that removed scrap metal and equipment (such as ship's lockers or the propellor) will bring up to NZ$ 400,000 to offset the NZ$ 650,000 costs of cleaning up and scuttling her,[5] while the worth to the local economy could be in the millions.[1] The ship itself had been sold to the trust for a symbolic NZ$ 1.[6] The turret of the frigate was removed and is to become part of the exhibits at a planned new navy museum in Auckland.[3]

It was expected that the ship would be able to be sunk in 2007, after possibly toxic materials have already been stripped out, and the Department of Conservation has withdrawn its objections at the end of 2006.[4] The intention was originally to sink her on Saturday 20 October 2007 - two days before its 36th commissioning anniversary.[5] After some delays, she was eventually sunk by imported plastic explosives placed at 12 locations around the hull (totalling only 14 kg in weight).[7] The sinking was organised by Norman Greenall, once Chief Petty Officer (shipwright) on the Canterbury. Having also undertaken the scuttling of other New Zealand Navy ships (like the HMNZS Wellington), Greenall has a somewhat colourful reputation in the navy as the person who has "sunk more of our navy ships than the enemy did in the whole of the Second World War".[2] The HMNZS Canterbury now lies on the seabed in Deep Water Cove.

References

  1. ^ a b c d All hands on deck to farewell a grand dame - The New Zealand Herald, Saturday 05 March 2005
  2. ^ a b Warship headed for the deep (from the New Zealand Drivewrecks website, Wednesday 04 April 2007)
  3. ^ a b Old warship unlikely to stay afloat as hotel - The New Zealand Herald, Monday 10 April 2006
  4. ^ a b Frigate's final journey draws near - The New Zealand Herald, Monday 11 December 2006
  5. ^ a b Frigate to find final resting place in October (from the New Zealand Drivewrecks website, Monday 09 April 2007)
  6. ^ Last steam frigate sold for a dollar (from the New Zealand Drivewrecks website, Monday, 02 February 2007)
  7. ^ Old salt's heart to sink a little - The New Zealand Herald, Friday 05 October 2007, Page A11

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