Tobruk 1950
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Jutland | 667 | Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn | 8.1944 | 2.11.1945 | --- | cancelled 12.1945 | |
| Poictiers | 669 | Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn | 2/1945 | 4.1.1946 | --- | cancelled 12.1945 | |
| River Platte | 1717 | Swan Hunter, Wallsend | 4.1945 | --- | --- | cancelled 12.1945 | |
| St. Lucia | 605 | A. Stephens, Linthouse | 12.1945 | --- | --- | cancelled 12.1945 | |
| Somme | 1155 | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead | 2.1945 | --- | --- | cancelled 12.1945 | |
| Talavera | 617 | John Brown, Clydebank | 8/1944 | 27.8.1945 | --- | cancelled 12.1945 | |
| Trincomalee | 618 | John Brown, Clydebank | 2.1945 | 8.1.1946 | --- | cancelled 12.1945 | |
| Waterloo | 716 | Fairfield, Govan | 6.1945 | --- | --- | cancelled 12.1945 | |
| Tobruk (RAN) | D37 | Cockatoo DYd, Australia | 8.1946 | 20.12.1947 | 5.1950 | BU 2.1972 | |
| Anzac (RAN) | D59 | Williamstown DYd, Australia | 9.1946 | 20.8.1948 | 3.1951 | TS 1966, BU 11.1975 |
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Displacement standard, t |
2440 |
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Displacement full, t |
3450 |
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Length, m |
108.2 pp 115.5 oa |
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Breadth, m |
12.5 |
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Draught, m |
4.67 deep load |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
50000 |
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Max speed, kts |
35.75 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 727, diesel oil 40 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 4400(20) |
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Armament |
2 x 2 - 120/45 Mk 6, 3 x 2 - 40/60 STAAG Mk 2, 5 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 7, 2 x 5 - 533 TT, 1 x 3 - 305 Squid Mk 4 ASWRL |
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Electronic equipment |
3x type 262, type 277, type 291, type 293, type 903 radars, type 170, type 174 sonars |
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Complement |
332 |
Project history: Ships of 3rd group were beamier as previous for improving of stability and were armed by new 114mm (really 120mm) Mk V guns. Only two Australian ships were completed. Cammell Laird's Vimeira and Fairfield's Ypres were never really laid down.
Modernizations: None
Naval service: Anzac was converted to TS in 1966, "B" turret, all twin and one single Boforses were removed.
Many thanks to Borys Estrin for additional information on this page.
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