HMAS Duchess (D154)
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HMAS Duchess at sea |
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Career (UK) | |
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Name: | HMS Duchess |
Builder: | John I. Thornycroft and Company |
Laid down: | 2 July 1948 |
Launched: | 9 April 1951 |
Commissioned: | 23 October 1952 |
Motto: | "Duci Non Trahi" |
Fate: | Loaned to Australia 1964, sold 1972 |
Career (Australia) | |
Name: | HMAS Duchess |
Acquired: | 8 May 1964 |
Decommissioned: | 27 October 1977 |
Nickname: | "Her Ladyship" |
Fate: | Sold for scrap 7 May 1980 |
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General characteristics | |
Displacement: | Standard: 2,830 tons. Full load: 3,820 tons |
Length: | 390 feet (120 m) |
Beam: | 53 feet (16 m) |
Draught: | 13.6 feet (4.1 m) |
Propulsion: | 2 Foster Wheeler boilers (650 psi, 850 °F), English Electric steam turbines, 2 shafts, 54,000 shp (40 MW) |
Speed: | 30 knots (56 km/h) |
Range: | 4,400 nm at 20 kts |
Complement: | 297 |
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HMAS Duchess (D154) was a Daring-class destroyer laid down by John I. Thornycroft and Company of Woolston at Southampton on 2 July 1948 as HMS Duchess (D154). She was launched on 9 April 1951 and commissioned into the British Royal Navy on 23 October 1952.
She was loaned to the Royal Australian Navy on 8 May 1964 following the loss of Voyager, and purchased by Australia in 1972. Duchess paid off on 27 October 1977, and was sold for scrap on 7 May 1980.
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