TOBRUK destroyers (1950-1951)
Tobruk 1950
Tobruk 1963
Anzac 1968
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Tobruk | D37, 1969- 37 | Cockatoo DYd | 8.1946 | 20.12.1947 | 5.1950 | BU 2.1972 | |
Anzac | D59, 1969- 59 | Williamstown DYd | 9.1946 | 20.8.1948 | 3.1951 | BU 11.1975 |
Displacement
standard, t 2440 Displacement
full, t 3450 Length, m 108.2
pp 115.5
oa Breadth, m 12.5 Draught, m 4.67
deep load No of shafts 2 Machinery 2 sets Parsons geared
steam turbines,
2
Admiralty 3-drum boilers Power, h. p. 50000 Max speed, kts 35.75 Fuel, t oil 727,
diesel oil 40 Armament 2 x 2 - 120/45
Mk 6, 3 x 2 - 40/60 STAAG Mk 2, 6 x
1 - 40/60 Mk 7, 2 x 5 - 533 TT, 1 x 3 - 305 Squid
Mk 4 ASWRL Electronic equipment Complement 332
Endurance, nm(kts)
4400(20)
type 275, 3x type 262,
type 277, type 291, type 293
radars, type
170, type 174 sonars
Project history: Ships of 3rd group was beamier as previous for improving of stability and were armed by new 114mm Mk V guns. Only two Australian ships were completed.
Modernizations: 3.1961, Anzac: - 1 x 2 - 120/45 ('B'), 3 x 2 - 40/60, 4 x 1 - 40/60, 2 x 5 - 533 TT
Naval service: Anzac was converted to TS in 1961, "B" turret was removed.
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