HMS STUART

HMS STUART

Class…………………………… Scott class Flotilla Leader Destroyer

Builder……………………….. R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd , Hebburn

Yard number………………. 507

Laid down..…………………. 18 Oct 1917

Launched….………………… 22 Aug 1918

Completed.…………………. 21 Dec 1918

Propulsion.………………….. 2 shafts : 2 sets Brown-Curtis geared steam turbines, 4 Yarrow oil fired boilers

Speed..………………………… 36.0 knots

Range………………………….. 5000 nm at 15 knots

History

•1935: Transferred to the Royal Australian Navy

•30/09/1940: Forced Italian submarine GONDAR to surrender

•03/1941: Participated in the Battle of Cape Matapan

•04/1941: Assisted in the evacuation of troops from Greece

•05/1941: Assisted in the evacuation of troops from Crete

•08/1941: Returned to Australia with damaged engine

•04/1942: Engine repaired but then stayed in Australian waters

•1944: Converted into a fast store ship and troop transport

•03/02/1947: Sold to T Carr & Co for breaking up at Sydney

 

The vessel was allocated the following pennant numbers.

G46……………..Dec 1918 until Oct 1919

???..................Oct 1919 until Dec 1921

D00………………Jan 1922 until 1940

 

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