The Commissioning of the Waikato

The Commissioning of the Waikato

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Location

Belfast docks

Year

1966

Date

Production 16/09/1966

Length

34sec

Audio

mute

Format

16mm

black and white

Source

Funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland under the Archiving Scheme 2

Courtesy

Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, Department for Communities, ITV, UTV Archive

Rights Holder

ITV

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Description

The New Zealand ship Waikato is commissioned on Stormont Wharf at Belfast docks.  

The Waikato was a Leander class anti-submarine frigate. Her crew of 16 officers and 233 men were flown to Belfast to man the ship which had been fitted with the latest anti-submarine equipment and Shorts-manufactured Seacat missiles. 

Credits

An Ulster Television Production.

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