HMNZS Rotoiti (F625)

	HMNZS Rotoiti underway circa 1964
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Loch Katrine
Namesake	Loch Katrine
Ordered	25 January 1943
Builder	Henry Robb, Leith
Yard number	347
Laid down	31 December 1943
Launched	21 August 1944
Completed	29 December 1944
Commissioned	December 1944
Decommissioned	May 1946
Fate	Sold to New Zealand, 1948
New Zealand
Name	HMNZS Rotoiti
Acquired	1948
Commissioned	7 May 1949
Decommissioned	April 1953
Recommissioned	February 1957
Decommissioned	August 1965
Motto	Takaia; ("Bind together");
Fate	Sold for scrapping, 1966
General characteristics
Class & type	Loch-class frigate
Displacement	1,435 long tons (1,458 t)
Length	307 ft 9 in (93.80 m)
Beam	38 ft 9 in (11.81 m)
Draught	8 ft 9 in (2.67 m)
Propulsion	2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers; 2 shafts; 4-cylinder vertical triple expansion reciprocating engines, 5,500 hp (4,100 kW);
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Range	9,500 nmi (17,600 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	114
Armament	1 × QF 4 inch Mark V on 1 single mounting HA Mk.III**; 4 × QF 2 pounder Mk.VII on 1 quad mount Mk.VII; 4 × 20 mm Oerlikon A/A on 2 twin mounts Mk.V (or 2 × 40 mm Bofors A/A on 2 single mounts Mk.III); Up to 8 × 20 mm Oerlikon A/A on single mounts Mk.III; 2 × Squid triple barrelled A/S mortars; 1 rail and 2 throwers for depth charges;

HMNZS Rotoiti (F625) was a Loch-class frigate of the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN), which had formerly served in the British Royal Navy as HMS Loch Katrine at the end of World War II.

History
HMNZS Rotoiti underway circa 1964
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Loch Katrine
Namesake	Loch Katrine
Ordered	25 January 1943
Builder	Henry Robb, Leith
Yard number	347
Laid down	31 December 1943
Launched	21 August 1944
Completed	29 December 1944
Commissioned	December 1944
Decommissioned	May 1946
Fate	Sold to New Zealand, 1948
New Zealand
Name	HMNZS Rotoiti
Acquired	1948
Commissioned	7 May 1949
Decommissioned	April 1953
Recommissioned	February 1957
Decommissioned	August 1965
Motto	Takaia ("Bind together")
Fate	Sold for scrapping, 1966
General characteristics
Class & type	Loch-class frigate
Displacement	1,435 long tons (1,458 t)
Length	307 ft 9 in (93.80 m)
Beam	38 ft 9 in (11.81 m)
Draught	8 ft 9 in (2.67 m)
Propulsion	2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers 2 shafts 4-cylinder vertical triple expansion reciprocating engines, 5,500 hp (4,100 kW)
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Range	9,500 nmi (17,600 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	114
Armament	1 × QF 4 inch Mark V on 1 single mounting HA Mk.III** 4 × QF 2 pounder Mk.VII on 1 quad mount Mk.VII 4 × 20 mm Oerlikon A/A on 2 twin mounts Mk.V (or 2 × 40 mm Bofors A/A on 2 single mounts Mk.III) Up to 8 × 20 mm Oerlikon A/A on single mounts Mk.III 2 × Squid triple barrelled A/S mortars 1 rail and 2 throwers for depth charges