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HMNZS Waiho
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HMNZS Waiho was one of eight steel New Zealand-built Castle-class ships built and commissioned by the Royal New Zealand Navy during World War II. She was the last Castle-class trawler built for any navy.
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History | |
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Name | Waiho |
Builder | Stevenson & Cook, Port Chalmers |
Launched | 19 February 1944 |
Commissioned | 3 June 1944 |
Decommissioned | 1946 |
Identification | Pennant number: T34/T403 |
Fate | Sold to Red Funnel Trawlers |
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Name | Matong |
Owner | Red Funnel Trawlers |
Acquired | 1946 |
In service | 1946 |
Out of service | 1958 |
Fate | Scrapped in 1963 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Castle-class minesweeper |
Displacement | 625 tons |
Length | 135 ft (41 m) |
Beam | 23 ft (7.0 m) |
Propulsion | Single screw, triple reciprocating engine |
Speed | 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
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