The New Zealand-class heavy cruisers were a pair of heavy cruisers in the Royal New Zealand Navy from the mid-1930s to the early 1950s. They were designed as the first ships of the then fledgeling RNZN with both ships being built in England.
Specifications[]
- Type: Heavy Cruiser
- Service Period: 1935-19XX
- Characteristics:
- Length: 600 feet (182.88 meters)
- Beam: 64 feet (19.51 meters)
- Draught: 21 feet 6 inches (6.55 meters)
- Displacement: 12,500 tons (Standard); 15,072 tons (Full Load)
- Crew: 737
- Propulsion: 8 x Admiralty 3-drum boilers, Parsons geared steam turbines, 4 x shafts, 96,000 shp (72,000 kW)
- Range: 10,000 nautical miles (18,520 kilometers) at 14 knots (25.93 km/h)
- Speed: 32 Knots (59.26 km/h)
- Armament
- 8 x BL 8"/50-caliber Mk.VIII naval guns (4x2)
- 8 x QF 4"/45-caliber Mk.XVI dual purpose naval guns (4x2)
- 32 x QF 2-pdr anti-aircraft guns (8x4)
- 32 x .5-caliber Vickers Mk.III machine guns (8x4)
- 12 x 21" torpedo tubes (4x3)
- Armour:
- Belt: 5-inches (127 mm)
- Deck: 4.25-inches (107.95 mm)
- Guns:
- Front: 2-inches (50.8 mm)
- Sides: 1-inch (25.4 mm)
- Barbettes: 1-inch (25.4 mm)
- Conning Tower: 2-inches (50.8 mm)
Unit Run[]
- HMNZS New Zealand (C01)
- HMNZS Aotearoa (C02)