HMNZS Arbutus (K403)

HMNZS Arbutus in July 1944
History
New Zealand
Name	Arbutus
Builder	George Brown & Co of Greenock, Scotland
Laid down	3 May 1943
Launched	26 January 1944
Completed	5 July 1944
Commissioned	16 June 1944
Decommissioned	1948
Identification	Pennant number: K403
Fate	Broken up June 1951
General characteristics
Class and type	Flower-class corvette
Displacement	980 tons standard 1,350 tons full load
Length	63.5 m (208 ft) o/a
Beam	10.1 m (33 ft)
Draught	5.3 m (17 ft)
Propulsion	2 fire tube oilers, one 4-cycle triple-expansion steam engine 2,880 ihp (2,150 kW)
Speed	16 knots (30 km/h) at 2,750 hp (2,050 kW)
Range	3,500 nautical miles (6,500 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h)
Complement	85 (as built) 105 (as maintenance ship)
Sensors and processing systems	ASDIC, radar (4×1-20mm)
Armament	1 × BL 4 in (102 mm) Mk IX gun 8 × 20 mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft guns ATW Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar Depth charge projectors: 72 depth charges

HMNZS Arbutus was a modified Flower-class corvette of the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN). Built for the Royal Navy as HMS Arbutus, the corvette was transferred to the RNZN on completion in 1944, and operated in the British Pacific Fleet during the final year of World War II. In April 1947, Arbutus was one of the units involved in a mutiny over poor pay and working conditions. She was decommissioned in 1948 and broken up for scrap in 1951.