Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Royal Australian Navy — Destroyer I44

HMAS Warramunga (I44)

Tribal-class destroyer (1936) destroyer

HMAS Warramunga (I44)
Allan C. Green 1878 - 1954 — State Library of Victoria [1] (cropped, improved contrast, removed background noises) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate — I44 HMAS Warramunga

Service

  1. Royal Australian Navy23 November 1942 — 7 December 19591,014 days of the war
Tribal-class destroyer (1936) destroyer Particulars
Name
HMAS Warramunga
Pennant / hull number
I44
Namesake
The Warumungu people of Central Australia
Builder
Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Company
Laid down
10 February 1940
Launched
7 February 1942
Commissioned
23 November 1942
Decommissioned
7 December 1959
Fate
Sold for scrap on 15 February 1963 (1963)
Status
Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, standard
2,031 long tons (2,064 t)
Length
114.91 m (377 ft) OA
Beam
11.13 m (36.5 ft)
Draught
2.74 m (9 ft)
Speed
36.5 knots (67.6 km/h, 42 mph)
Range
1,030 nmi (1,908 km)
Complement
197
Main gun
20 mm (0.8 in)

HMAS Warramunga was a Tribal-class destroyer (1936) destroyer built for the Royal Australian Navy. She carried the pennant number I44. The ship was named after The Warumungu people of Central Australia. Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Company laid her keel on 10 February 1940. Launched on 7 February 1942, she entered service on 23 November 1942.

Her class ran to 24 ships. The class followed the I-class destroyer and was succeeded by the J class.

She displaced 2,031 long tons. She measured 114.9 m (377 ft) long with a beam of 11.1 m (37 ft). Her designed speed was 36.5 knots, and she carried a complement of 197.

Her main battery was six 20 mm (0.8 in) guns.

She was in commission for 1,014 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 7 December 1959.

She was broken up for scrap on 15 February 1963.

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

Armament and machinery

Armament and machinery
Propulsion
  • 3 × drum boilers, Parsons impulse-reaction turbines, 44000 shp, 2 shafts
Armament
  • At launch:
  • 6 × 4.7-inch Mark XII guns (3 twin turrets)
  • 2 × 4-inch Mark XVI * guns (1 twin turret)
  • 1 × quad-barrelled 2-pounder Mark VIII pom pom
  • 6 × 20 mm Oerlikons
  • 1 × quadruple 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tube set
  • 1 × depth charge rail

Sister ships

Sources

  • Facts harvested from HMAS Warramunga (I44) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: Allan C. Green 1878 - 1954 — State Library of Victoria [1] (cropped, improved contrast, removed background noises) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons