HMNZS Canterbury L-421

Type:
Multi-Purpose Vessel
Class:
Canterbury
Builder:
Merwede Shipyard
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Fitted out at Tenix, Williamstown, Aust.
Hull Number:
L-421
Ordered:
N/A
Commissioned:
June 12, 2007
Keel Laid:
September 6, 2005
Decommissioned:
Launched:
February 11, 2006
Stricken:
Fate:
Active
Homeport: Devonport Naval Base, Auckland, New Zealand


Dimensions, machinery and performance

Length:
429' 7"
Engines:
2 Wartsila diesels (3 aux. diesels)
Beam:
76' 7"
Motors:
N/A
Draft:
18' 3"
Shafts:
2
Displacement:
8,000 std.
HP:
N/A
Speed:
19.6 knots max. (16 knots normal)
Crew:
53 (250 troop cap.)
Range:
8,000 NM @ 16 knots


Class Overview
Page created June 12, 2007