Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Royal Australian Navy — Destroyer

HMAS Nepal

N-class destroyer

HMAS Nepal
Unknown author — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate AWM Caption: STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF THE DESTROYER HMAS NEPAL (EX HMS NORSEMAN). NOTE THE IDENTIFYING FUNNEL BANDS OF THE 7TH DESTROYER FLOTILLA. SHE IS ARMED WITH SIX 4.7 INCH MARK XII GUNS IN CP XIX MOUNTINGS IN A, B AND X POSITIONS. 40 MM BOFORS AA GUNS ARE SITED IN THE AFTER TORPEDO TUBE SPACE. A QUADRUPLE 2 POUNDER AA MOUNTING IS SITED ABAFT THE FUNNEL AND SINGLE 20 MM OERLIKON AA GUNS ARE MOU

Service

  1. Royal Australian Navy29 May 1942 — 22 October 19451,193 days of the war
N-class destroyer Particulars
Name
HMAS Nepal
Namesake
Nepal
Builder
John I. Thornycroft and Company
Laid down
9 September 1939
Launched
4 December 1941
Commissioned
29 May 1942
Decommissioned
22 October 1945
Fate
Broken up for scrap, 1956 (1956)
Status
Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, standard
1,773 long tons (1,801 t)
Displacement, full load
2,384 long tons (2,422 t)
Length
108.51 m (356 ft) OA
Beam
10.67 m (35 ft)
Draught
3.66 m (12 ft)
Speed
36 knots (66.7 km/h, 41.4 mph)
Range
5,500 nmi (10,186 km)
Complement
183
Main gun
120 mm (4.7 in)

HMAS Nepal was a N-class destroyer, operated by the Royal Australian Navy. The ship was named after Nepal. Her keel was laid at John I. Thornycroft and Company on 9 September 1939. Launched on 4 December 1941, she entered service on 29 May 1942.

Displacement was 1,773 long tons standard and 2,384 long tons at full load. She measured 108.5 m (356 ft) long with a beam of 10.7 m (35 ft). Her designed speed was 36 knots, and she carried a complement of 183. Her main battery was of 120 mm (4.7 in) calibre.

Her machinery developed 40,000 shp through two shafts.

She was in commission for 1,193 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 22 October 1945.

She was broken up for scrap in 1956.

Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.

Armament and machinery

Armament and machinery
Propulsion
  • 2 shafts; 2 steam turbines
Power
  • 40000 shp
  • 2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers
Armament
  • 3 × twin QF 4.7-inch (120 mm) Mk XII guns
  • 1 × single QF 4-inch Mk V (102 mm) AA gun
  • 4 × single 20 mm Oerlikon AA guns
  • 2 × twin QF 0.5-inch (12.7 mm) Mk III machineguns
  • 1 × quintuple 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
  • 45 × depth charges, 1 × rack, 2 × throwers

Sister ships

Sources

  • Facts harvested from HMAS Nepal on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: Unknown author — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons