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Wednesday 17 January 2018
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Kelly Country staff member Nigel Johnson with the 1942 Bofors gun. Photo: Steve Page.
It’ll see no more sea A 1942 40mm Bofors gun, or anti-aircraft gun, has found its final resting place in Brightwater. Although the history of the gun is a little unclear, it was lost off the HMNZS Southland, a Leanderclass Frigate. Originally commissioned into the Royal Navy in 1963 with the name HMS Dido, in 1975 the
ship was used to make the television series “Warship”. For the series the pennant number was changed to F42 and the ship renamed the HMS Hero. The HMS Dido was transferred to the Royal New Zealand Navy and renamed the Southland and commissioned into naval service December 1983. The Southland
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carried out a range of duties including exercises, ceremonials, and maritime rescues, principally around New Zealand, Australia, Singapore, Indonesia, Samoa and Papua New Guinea before being decommissioned in March 1995 and then towed to the Philippines and scrapped. One of two Bofors guns fitted
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to the Southland, the Brightwater gun’s building date of 1942 would suggest that before it was fitted it more than likely was used during WW2. With a range of five kilometres it was a very accurate weapon and in the hands of a skilled operator was effective against aircraft attacking ships. Brightwater gun shop “Kelly
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Country” now has the Bofor gun proudly on display and, apart from firing, it is still operational with all its spin cranks and aiming mechanisms working. Kelly Country has it as a touchable display and with the shop open five days a week, Thursday to Monday, there is plenty of time to go and have a look for yourself.
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