HMNZS Te Kaha

HMNZS Te Kaha in 2016
History
New Zealand
Name	HMNZS Te Kaha
Namesake	Kaha
Builder	Tenix Defence
Laid down	19 September 1994
Launched	22 July 1995
Commissioned	22 July 1997
Identification	MMSI number: 512000600 Callsign: ZMBE
Motto	He Ponanga Kaha (Māori: "Service with strength")
Honours and awards	Meritorious Unit Commendation (United States)
Status	Active as of 2024
General characteristics
Class and type	Anzac-class frigate
Displacement	3,600 tonnes full load
Length	118 m (387 ft)
Beam	15 m (49 ft)
Draught	4 m (13 ft)
Propulsion	1 × General Electric LM2500+ gas turbine providing 30,000 hp (22,000 kW) 2 × MTU 12V1163 TB83 diesel engines providing 8,840 hp (6,590 kW) two shafts with controllable pitch propellers in CODOG configuration
Speed	27+ knots (50+ km/h; 31+ mph)
Range	6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement	178 Officers and ratings (25 Officers, 153 ratings)
Sensors and processing systems	Sonars: Broadband Sonar Advanced Processing System (BSAPS) for the Spherion B hull-mounted sonar and the TUUM-6 multi-channel Digital Underwater Communication System (DUWCS).[1] Provision for towed array Air search radar: Thales Group Smart-S Mk2 3d multi-beam naval search radar. Surface search radar: Thales Group Smart-S Mk2 3d multi-beam naval search radar. Sharpe Eye 2D. Navigation: Two Furuno 3320 series X band radars.[1] Infred: Vampir IRST Infred. Laser: Elbit Systems Laser Warning/Detection.
Electronic warfare & decoys	ESM: Eibit/Elisra ESM. Countermeasures: Decoys: G & D Aircraft SRBOC Mk 36 Mod 1 decoy launchers for SRBOC. Rheinmetall MASS. DLF Floating Decoys. Sea Sentor.
Armament	Guns and missiles: 1 × 5 in/54 (127 mm) Mk 45 Mod 2 gun. 1 × Phalanx CIWS 8 × M2 .50 Cal Browning machine guns (2 are Mini Typhoon) 20 GWS.35 VLS cells for Sea Ceptor surface-to-air missiles AGM-119 Mk 2 Mod 7 Penguin Missile launched from SH-2G(I) Super Seasprite. Torpedoes: 2 × triple 324 mm Mk 32 Mod 5 tubes. Fire control: Navantia Fire Control Combat data systems: CMS 330 Link 16 Weapons control: CMS 330 Navantia Fire Control
Aircraft carried	One Kaman SH-2G(I) Super Seasprite helicopter

HMNZS Te Kaha (F77) is one of ten Anzac-class frigates, and one of two serving in the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN). The name Te Kaha is Māori, meaning 'fighting prowess' or 'strength' (for further information on this term, see Kaha).