Historical information
Type
Improved Tribal Class Destroyer
Laid down
10 February 1940
Launched
7 February 1942 by Mrs Forde, wife of the Minister for the Arm
Builder
Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Co Ltd, Sydney
Commissioned
23 November 1942
Displacement
1,970 tons
Length
377 feet114.91 m
11,490.96 cm
0.115 km
0.0714 mi
4,524 in
Beam
36 feet 6 inches
Draught
9 feet (mean)
Armament
Original
6 x 4.7-inch guns
2 x 4-inch guns
Anti-aircraft guns
As Modernised 1955
4 x 4.7-inch guns
2 x 4-inch guns
8 x 40mm anti-aircraft guns
Torpedo Tubes: 4 x 21-inch torpedo tubes
A/S Weapon: Squid triple barrelled depth charge mortar
Physical description
Wooden Name Plate from H.M.A.S. Warramunga with the name of the ship in Brass Lettering
Was mounted on the Superstructure just aft of the second funnel
