HMNZS Achilles
Leander-class cruiser (1931) light cruiser
Service
- as HMS Achilles10 October 1933 — 1 October 1936
- as HMNZS Achilles1 October 1941 — 17 September 19461,432 days of the war
- Name
- HMNZS Achilles
- Namesake
- Achilles
- Builder
- Cammell Laird, Birkenhead
- Laid down
- 11 June 1931
- Launched
- 1 September 1932
- Commissioned
- 10 October 1933
- Decommissioned
- 17 September 1946
- Fate
- Returned to Royal Navy 17 September 1946 (1946)
- Status
- Unknown
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 7,270 long tons (7,387 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 9,740 long tons (9,896 t)
- Length
- 169.32 m (555.5 ft)
- Beam
- 17.07 m (56 ft)
- Draught
- 5.82 m (19.1 ft)
- Speed
- 32.5 knots (60.2 km/h, 37.4 mph)
- Range
- 5,730 nmi (10,612 km)
- Complement
- 550
- Main gun
- 152 mm (6 in)
HMNZS Achilles was a Leander-class cruiser (1931) light cruiser of the Royal Navy. The ship was named after Achilles. Her keel was laid at Cammell Laird, Birkenhead on 11 June 1931. Launched on 1 September 1932, she entered service on 10 October 1933.
Displacement was 7,270 long tons standard and 9,740 long tons at full load. She measured 169.3 m (556 ft) long with a beam of 17.1 m (56 ft). Her designed speed was 32.5 knots, and she carried a complement of 550. Her main battery was of 152 mm (6.0 in) calibre.
Her machinery developed 73,280 shp.
She served with the Royal Navy as HMS Achilles until 1 October 1936. She then passed to the Royal New Zealand Navy, serving as HMNZS Achilles from 1 October 1941. She was in commission for 1,432 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 17 September 1946.
She was transferred on 17 September 1946.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- Four Parsons geared steam turbines
- Six Yarrow boilers
- Four shafts
- Power
- 73280 shp
- Armament
- 8 × BL 6 in Mk.XXIII (152 mm L/50) guns, twin turrets Mk.XXI
- 4 × QF 4 in Mk.V (102 mm L/45) guns, single mounts HA Mk.IV
- 12 × QF 0.5 in Mk.III Vickers (12.7 mm) machine guns, quad mounts Mk.I
- 8 (2×4) tubes for 21 inch torpedo Mk.IX
- Armour
- 3 in magazine box
- 1 inch deck
- 1 inch turrets
- Aircraft
- Catapult-launched Fairey Seafox
- Amphibious Supermarine Walrus
- Radio controlled DH.82 Queen Bee
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMNZS Achilles on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Allan C. Green — This image is available from the Our Collections of the State Library of Victoria under the Accession Number: — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons