HMAS Nizam (G38)
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HMAS Nizam (G38) was an N-class destroyer of the Royal Australian Navy laid down by John Brown and Company, Limited, at Clydebank in Scotland on 27 July 1939, launched on 4 July 1940 and commissioned on 8 January 1941. She was named after the Nizam of Hyderabad an Indian Prince who helped pay for her.
She was manned by Australians and commissioned in the Royal Australian Navy but remained the property of the British Government.
She saw service in the Mediterranean and was heavily engaged in the battle for Crete in May 1941. Twice she escorted the minelayer Abdiel carrying reinforcements to the island and later took part in the evacuation of the Allied forces.
Nizam reverted to the Royal Navy on 17 October 1945.
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