HMAS Anzac (1920)
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.jpg/300px-HMAS_Anzac_(AWM_300146).jpg) HMAS Anzac |
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| Career (Australia) |  |
|---|---|
| Ordered: | December 1915 |
| Builder: | William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton |
| Laid down: | 31 January 1916 |
| Launched: | 11 January 1917 |
| Commissioned: | 24 April 1917 |
| Fate: | Used as target 7 May 1936 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 1,660 tons |
| Length: | 325 ft (99 m) |
| Beam: | 31 ft 10 in (9.7 m) |
| Draught: | 12 ft 1 in (3.7 m) max |
| Propulsion: | Brown-Curtis turbines, 36000 shp, 3 screws |
| Speed: | 34 knots (63 km/h) |
| Range: | 2,500 nautical miles (4,630 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h) |
| Complement: | 116 |
| Armament: | 4 x 4 in Mk IV QF, 2 x single 2 pdr "pom-pom", 1 x .303 in Maxim Machine Gun, 2 x .030 inch Lewis MG, 2 x twin Mk III tubes for 21 in torpedoes, 2 Depth Charge throwers, 4 DC chutes. |
The first HMAS Anzac (G00) was an Anzac class destroyer, laid down by William Denny and Brothers at Dumbarton in Scotland on 31 January 1916, launched on 11 January 1917 and commissioned into the Royal Navy in April 1917 as HMS Anzac.
[edit] Royal Navy Service
HMAS Anzac led the 14th Flotilla of the Grand Fleet and served in the North Sea and the English Channel.
[edit] Royal Australian Navy Service
Anzac was presented to the Australian Government in March 1919 and commissioned into the RAN, with the same pennant number, on 27 January 1920. HMAS Anzac paid off for disposal on 30 July 1931 and was sold to Messrs. Abraham and Wilson of Redfern in New South Wales on 8 August 1935. Her hull was scuttled off Sydney on 7 May 1936 and used for target practice.
[edit] References
Bastock, John. “Australia’s Ships of War”, Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1975. ISBN 0-207-12927-4
Straczek, John. “The Royal Australian Navy: Ships, Aircraft and Shore Establishments”, Navy Public Affairs, Sydney, 1996. ISBN 1-876043-78-4
Dittmar, F.J & Colledge, J.J. "British Warships 1914-1919", Ian Allen, London, 1972. ISBN 0-711-0380-7
