PUKAKI HMNZS F-424

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D. v. Nieuwenhuijzen
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PUKAKI HMNZS F-424

Post by D. v. Nieuwenhuijzen » Thu Feb 09, 2017 2:55 pm

Ordered 24 July 1942 by builder Henry Robb, Leith, #324, for the Royal Navy as HMS LOCH ACHNALT (K-424) laid down 14 September 1943, launched 23 March 1944, completed 11 August 1944.
'Loch' class frigate, displacement 1435 tons, Loa:93,65m. (307.25') Lbpp:87,17m (286') B:11,73m (38.5') Draught:4,03m. (13.25') max. 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 4 cyl. vertical triple expansion reciprocating engines:5500 ihp. 2 shafts.
Range:730 tons oil fuel, 9,500 nm. at 12 kn. Complement:114.
Armament:
1 × QF 4-inch (102 mm.) Mark V gun on one single mounting HA MkIII**
4 × QF 2-pounder (40 mm.) MkVII guns on 1 quad mount MkVII
4 × 20 mm. Oerlikon A/A on 2 twin mounts MkV (or 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.

Fate:loaned to Canada 1944, returned 1945. Sold to New Zealand, March 1948.

HMNZS PUKAKI was, along with HMNZS TUTIRA, one of the first Royal New Zealand Navy ships sent to Korea in July 1950. The two ships were ex-Royal Navy anti-submarine frigates. They became known to sailors as 'Puk and Tut, the heavenly twins'. Initially the frigates mainly operated on convoy escort duties with British and Commonwealth naval units. They took part in Operation Chromite, the amphibious operation that landed a large force at In'chon, the port for Seoul. The In'chon landing enabled a pincer operation which liberated Seoul and forced the North Korean army to retreat in disarray.
Decommissioned May 1965, sold for scrapping October 1965 in Hong Kong.

(New Zealand 2015, $1, StG./)
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