HMS Bacchante (F69)

HMS Bacchante in June 1973
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Bacchante
BuilderVickers-Armstrongs
Laid down27 October 1966
Launched29 February 1968
Commissioned17 October 1969
Decommissioned1982
IdentificationPennant number: F69
FateSold to Royal New Zealand Navy 1982
New Zealand
NameWellington
Commissioned1982
Decommissioned1999
Stricken2000
FateSunk in Wellington Harbour, New Zealand, 13 November 2005.
General characteristics
Class and typeLeander-class frigate
Displacement3,200 long tons (3,251 t) full load
Length113.4 m (372 ft 1 in)
Beam12.5 m (41 ft 0 in)
Draught5.8 m (19 ft 0 in)
Propulsion2 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers supplying steam to two sets of White-English Electric double-reduction geared turbines to two shafts
Speed28 knots (52 km/h)
Range4,600 nautical miles (8,500 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h)
Complement223
Armament
Aircraft carried1 × Westland Wasp helicopter

HMS Bacchante (F69) was a Leander-class frigate of the Royal Navy. Bacchante was built by Vickers on the Tyne, launched on 29 February 1968 and commissioned on 17 October 1969.