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Royal New Zealand Navy Leander Class frigate HMNZS SOUTHLAND conducting a RAS with HMAS WESTRALIA.

  HMNZS Southland (Former HMS Dido) and Wellington (Former HMS Bacchante) came as a package deal. NZ originally wanted only Bacchante as they were looking for gun armed Leanders as general purpose frigates. Dido being a specialised ASW frigate with the Ikara wasn’t an ideal fit, but the Royal Navy apparently only allowed for theContinue reading “Royal New Zealand Navy Leander Class frigate HMNZS SOUTHLAND conducting a RAS with HMAS WESTRALIA.”