WORLD OF WARSHIPS HMAS VAMPIRE DDE 11

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ROYAL AUSTRLIAN NAVY UK DARING CLASS MODIFIED
HMAS Vampire was the third of three Australian-built Daring class destroyers serving in the Royal Australian Navy. One of the first all-welded ships built in Australia, she was constructed at Cockatoo Island Dockyard between 1952 and 1959, and was commissioned into the RAN a day after completion.
Launched: October 27, 1956 Decommissioned: 13 August 1986. Restored as a museum Sydney Harbour
General characteristics
Class and type
Daring class destroyer
Displacement
2,800 tons standard
3,600 tons (full load)
Length
390 ft (120 m)
Beam
43 ft (13 m)
Draught
12 ft 9 in (3.89 m)
Propulsion
2 Foster Wheeler boilers, 2 English Electric geared steam turbines, two shafts, 54,000 hp
Speed
33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Range
3,700 nmi (6,900 m; 4,300 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement
20 officers, 300 sailors
Armament
6 QF 4.5-inch (113 mm) Mark V guns in three double turrets
6 Bofors 40 mm guns in three twin mounts
2 5-tube 21-inch (530 mm) torpedo launchers
1 triple Limbo anti-submarine mortar