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HMS Duchess D-154 |
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HMAS Duchess D-154
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Type: |
Destroyer |
Class: |
Daring |
Builder: |
John I. Thornycroft & Co. Ltd. Woolston, Southampton, England |
Pennant Number: |
D-154 |
Ordered: |
N/A |
Commissioned: |
October 23, 1952 |
Keel Laid: |
July 2, 1948 |
Paid Off : |
October 27, 1977 |
Launched: |
April 9, 1951 |
Stricken: |
N/A |
Fate: |
Sold for scrap on May 7, 1980. |
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Dimensions, Machinery and Performance |
Length: |
390' |
Engines: |
2 Parsons steam turbines |
Beam: |
53' |
Boilers: |
2 Foster Wheeler |
Draft: |
13' 6" |
Shafts: |
2 |
Displacement: |
2,830 std. / 3,820 full |
SHP: |
54,000 |
Speed: |
30 knots |
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Crew: |
297 |
Range: |
4,400 NM @ 20 knots |
Armament As Built |
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Number Carried
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Type
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Arrangement |
Maximum Range / Ceiling |
6 |
4.5"/45 (114mm) Mk V QF |
3 twin turrets |
20,750 yards @ 45° AA ceiling 41,000 @ 80° |
6 |
40mm/60 Bofors |
3 twin mounts |
AA ceiling 22,199' |
2 |
21" (533mm) |
Torpedo tubes |
12,000 yards @ 20 knots (Aprox.) |
1 |
SQUID A/S Mortar |
History |
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May 8, 1964: |
Loaned to the Royal Australian Navy. |
1972: |
Bought by Australia. |
Class Overview |
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Page revised Jan. 31, 2007 |