HMNZS Hawea (F422)

Loch Eck in October 1944
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Loch Eck
Namesake	Loch Eck
Ordered	25 January 1943
Builder	Smiths Dock Company, Middlesbrough
Yard number	1129
Laid down	25 October 1943
Launched	25 April 1944
Commissioned	7 November 1944
Decommissioned	13 August 1946
Honours and awards	Atlantic 1945 North Sea 1945
Fate	Sold to New Zealand, 1948
New Zealand
Name	HMNZS Hawea
Namesake	Lake Hāwea
Acquired	7 September 1948
Commissioned	1 October 1948
Decommissioned	15 February 1957
Reclassified	Training ship in 1961
Motto	Kia Toa ("Be brave")
Honours and awards	Korea 1951-53
Fate	Sold for breaking up, September 1965
General characteristics
Class and type	Loch-class frigate
Displacement	1,435 tons standard 2,250 tons full load
Length	87.2 m (286 ft) p/p 93.7 m (307 ft) o/a
Beam	11.8 m (39 ft)
Draught	4.3 m (14 ft) full load
Propulsion	2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers 2 shafts 4-cylinder vertical triple expansion reciprocating engines 5,500 ihp (4,100 kW)
Speed	19.5 knots (36.1 km/h)
Range	730 tons oil fuel, 9,500 nautical miles (17,600 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h)
Complement	114
Armament	1 × QF 4 inch Mark V on one single mounting HA MkIII** 4 × QF 2-pounder MkVII on 1 quad mount MkVII 2 × 40 mm Bofors A/A on 2 single mounts Mk.III Up to 8 × 20 mm Oerlikon A/A on single mounts MkIII 2 × Squid triple barreled A/S mortars 1 rail and 2 throwers for depth charges

HMNZS Hawea (F422), formerly HMS Loch Eck (K422), was one of six Loch-class frigates that served in both the Royal Navy (RN) and the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN). The ship was laid down by Smiths Dock on 25 October 1943, launched on 25 April 1944 and commissioned into the Royal Navy as HMS Loch Eck on 7 November 1944.