HMNZS Canterbury (L421)

For other ships with the same name, see HMNZS Canterbury.

HMNZS Canterbury off Samoa in 2009
History
New Zealand
NameHMNZS Canterbury (L421)
NamesakeHMNZS Canterbury (F421)
BuilderMerwede Shipyards, Netherlands; fitted out by Tenix Pty Ltd
CostNZ$130 million
Yard number705
Laid down6 September 2005
Launched11 February 2006
Sponsored byHelen Clark
Completed31 May 2007
Commissioned12 June 2007
Homeport
Identification
StatusActive
General characteristics
TypeMulti-role vessel
Displacement9,000 tonnes (full load)
Length131 m (430 ft)
Beam23.4 m (77 ft)
Draught5.4 m (18 ft)
PropulsionCODADE (combined diesel and diesel-electric) consisting of 2 × 4.5 MW Wärtsilä engines, 3 × auxiliary diesels, 2 × bow thrusters
Speed
  • 19.6 kn (36.3 km/h; 22.6 mph) baseline
  • 16 kn (30 km/h; 18 mph) economical
Range8,000 nmi (15,000 km; 9,200 mi) at 16 kn (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Boats & landing
craft carried
  • 2 × medium landing craft (23 m) displacement: 55 tonnes (empty), 100 tonnes (full load),[3] crew: 3
  • 2 × RHIB (7.4 m), 300 hp (220 kW), range: 130 nmi (240 km)[4] speed: 35 kn (65 km/h)
  • 2 × special forces RHIB (11 m) as optional cargo
TroopsUp to 243
Complement
  • Core: 78 naval, 10 air force, 7 army
  • Other: 24 trainees, 4 government agents[2]
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Fire control: Vistar Electro-Optical
  • ESM: CEA Warrlock HFDF
  • Radar: S & X band
Armament
  • 1 × remote-controlled MSI DS25 stabilised naval gun with 25 mm M242 Bushmaster cannon
  • 2 × .50 calibre machine guns
  • Small arms
Aircraft carried
  • 2 × SH-2G Seasprite helicopter. Can be armed with a combination of homing torpedoes, depth charges, Penguin air-to-surface missiles and a MAG58M machine gun.
  • 4 × NH90 helicopters.
Aviation facilitiesHelicopter deck (stern)

HMNZS Canterbury is a multi-role vessel (MRV)[clarification needed] of the Royal New Zealand Navy. She was commissioned in June 2007, and is the second ship of the Royal New Zealand Navy to carry the name. She is also New Zealand's first purpose-built strategic sealift ship.[5]

  1. ^ First Protector ship, HMNZS Canterbury, arrives June (from the Royal New Zealand Navy website)
  2. ^ "HMNZS Canterbury". New Zealand Defence Force. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference DEFSPECS was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference HERALDBOAT was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "First of Navy's $500m worth of new vessels ready to report for service". The New Zealand Herald. NZPA. 6 June 2007. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 3 October 2011.