HMAS Nestor
N-class destroyer
Service
- 3 February 1941 — 16 June 1942498 days of the war
- Name
- HMAS Nestor
- Namesake
- Greek mythological rule Nestor
- Builder
- Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Limited
- Laid down
- 1939
- Launched
- 9 July 1940
- Commissioned
- 3 February 1941
- Fate
- Scuttled on 16 June 1942, following damage from bombing (1942)
- Status
- Wreck
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 Nestor was a N-class destroyer of the Royal Australian Navy. The ship was named after Greek mythological rule Nestor. Her keel was laid at Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Limited in 1939. She entered service on 3 February 1941, having been launched on 9 July 1940.
She displaced 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.
40,000 shp drove two shafts.
She was in commission for 498 days of the Second World War.
She was scuttled on 16 June 1942, at 33°36′N 24°30′E. The wreck survives.
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 Nestor on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons