| Armament
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* 6 x 115mm (4.5-inch) dual-purpose guns …
* 6 x 115mm (4.5-inch) dual-purpose guns in three twin mountings (2 forward, 1 aft)
* 4 x 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns
* 1 triple-barrel Squid anti-submarine mortar
* Initially 10 x 533mm (21-inch) torpedo tubes in two pentad mountings. The after mounting was removed in 1958-59, being replaced by a deckhouse for extra accommodation. ed by a deckhouse for extra accommodation.
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| Badge
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HMAS Duchess Crest.gif +
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| Beam
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13.1 metres(43feet) +
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| Builder
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John I. Thornycroft and Co. Ltd., Southampton, UK +
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| Commissioned
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8 May 1964 +
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| Company
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278 (asdestroyer);210plusupto40juniorofficersundertraining(asatrain +
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| Decommissioned
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23 October 1977 +
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| Displacement
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2,830 tons +
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| Draught
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4.1 metres(14feetmean;17feetmaximum) +
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| Horsepower
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54,000 +
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| Laid down
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2 July 1948 +
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| Launched
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9 April 1951 +
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| Length
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118.9 metres(390feet) +
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| Machinery
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* 2 Foster Wheeler boilers providing steam power to Parsons double reduction geared turbines driving two shafts
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| Modification dateThis property is a special property in this wiki.
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20 October 2010 06:02:04 +
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| Photo
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Hmas duchess.jpg +
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| Ship-status
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history +
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| Speed
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16.977 m/s (61.116 km/h, 0.017 km/s, 3,341.865 ft/min, 55.698 ft/s, 1,113.961 yd/m, 37.976 mph, 33 knots) +
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| Type
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Daring Class Destroyer/Training Ship +
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| Categories |
Daring Class Destroyer/Training Ship,
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