HMS Achilles
HMNZS Achilles
Delhi

Type:
Cruiser
Class:
Leander
Builder:
Cammell Laird
Birkenhead, England
Pennant Number:
70
Ordered:
March 1931
Commissioned:
October 10, 1933 (RN)
March 24, 1936 (RNZN)
July 5, 1948 (RIN)
Keel Laid:
June 11, 1931
Decommissioned:
March 24, 1936 (RN)
September 17, 1946 (RNZN)
June 30, 1978 (RIN)
Launched:
September 1, 1932
Stricken:


N/A
Fate:
Scrapped at Bombay, India in 1978.


Dimensions, machinery and performance
Length:
554' 5"
Engines:
4 Parsons geared steam turbines
Beam:
55' 2"
Boilers:
4 Admiralty three drum type
Draft:
16'
Shafts:
4
Displacement:
7,030
HP:
72,000
Speed:
32.5 knots
Crew:
550
Range:
N/A


Class Overview
Builder's Data
Page published Feb. 11, 2008