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HMAS Vendetta ...
HMAS
Vendetta
(II)
HMAS Vendetta (II)
Class
Daring Class
Type
Destroyer
Pennant
D08
Builder
Williamstown Naval Dockyard, Melbourne
Laid Down
4 July 1949
Launched
3 May 1954
Launched by
Mrs N. Waller, widow of the late Captain H.M.L. Waller DSO RAN
Commissioned
26 November 1958
Decommissioned
9 October 1979
Dimensions & Displacement
Displacement
2,800 tons (standard)
3,600 tons (full load)
Length388 feet 6 inches
Beam43 feet
Draught12 feet 3 inches
Performance
Speed30 knots
Range3700 miles at 20 knots
Complement
Crew320
Propulsion
Machinery
2 Foster Wheeler boilers
English Electric geared steam turbines (two shafts)
Horsepower54,000
Armament
Guns
6 x 4.5-inch guns in 3 twin turrets
6 x 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun in 3 twin mounts
Torpedoes5 x 21-inch torpedo tubes in a quintuple mount (removed by late 1960's)
Other Armament1 triple barreled Limbo anti-submarine mortar
Awards
Inherited Battle Honours
LIBYA 1940–41
MATAPAN 1941
GREECE 1941
CRETE 1941
MEDITERRANEAN 1941
PACIFIC 1943–45
NEW GUINEA 1943–44
Battle Honours
MALAYSIA 1964–66
VIETNAM 1969-70
HMAS Vendatta (II) Badge
Advances in destroyer design in the United Kingdom during the mid to late 1940s resulted in the design of the Daring Class, originally described as light cruisers. The Australian built 'Daring' Class destroyers were similar to the Royal Navy vessels, but with modifications for Australian conditions.
HMAS Vendetta ...
HMAS
Vendetta
(II)
HMAS Vendetta (II)
Class
Daring Class
Type
Destroyer
Pennant
D08
Builder
Williamstown Naval Dockyard, Melbourne
Laid Down
4 July 1949
Launched
3 May 1954
Launched by
Mrs N. Waller, widow of the late Captain H.M.L. Waller DSO RAN
Commissioned
26 November 1958
Decommissioned
9 October 1979
Dimensions & Displacement
Displacement
2,800 tons (standard)
3,600 tons (full load)
Length388 feet 6 inches
Beam43 feet
Draught12 feet 3 inches
Performance
Speed30 knots
Range3700 miles at 20 knots
Complement
Crew320
Propulsion
Machinery
2 Foster Wheeler boilers
English Electric geared steam turbines (two shafts)
Horsepower54,000
Armament
Guns
6 x 4.5-inch guns in 3 twin turrets
6 x 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun in 3 twin mounts
Torpedoes5 x 21-inch torpedo tubes in a quintuple mount (removed by late 1960's)
Other Armament1 triple barreled Limbo anti-submarine mortar
Awards
Inherited Battle Honours
LIBYA 1940–41
MATAPAN 1941
GREECE 1941
CRETE 1941
MEDITERRANEAN 1941
PACIFIC 1943–45
NEW GUINEA 1943–44
Battle Honours
MALAYSIA 1964–66
VIETNAM 1969-70
HMAS Vendatta (II) Badge
Advances in destroyer design in the United Kingdom during the mid to late 1940s resulted in the design of the Daring Class, originally described as light cruisers. The Australian built 'Daring' Class destroyers were similar to the Royal Navy vessels, but with modifications for Australian conditions.