HMAS Voyager (D31)

HMAS Voyager
History
United Kingdom
Name:	Voyager
Builder:	Alexander Stephens and Sons
Laid down:	17 May 1917
Launched:	8 May 1918
Commissioned:	24 June 1918
Decommissioned:	11 October 1933
Fate:	Transferred to RAN
History
Australia
Name:	Voyager
Acquired:	11 October 1933
Commissioned:	11 October 1933
Decommissioned:	14 April 1936
Recommissioned:	26 April 1938
Honours and awards:	Battle honours: Darwin 1942 Calabria 1940 Libya 1940–41 Greece 1941 Crete 1941 Mediterranean 1941 Pacific 1942
Fate:	Ran aground 23 September 1942, scuttled
General characteristics
Class and type:	W class destroyer
Displacement:	1,100 tons standard 1,470 tons full load
Length:	312 ft 1 in (95.1 m) length overall 300 ft (91.4 m) between perpendiculars
Beam:	29 ft 6 in (9.0 m)
Draught:	14 ft 7 in (4.4 m)
Propulsion:	3 × Yarrow boilers, 2 × Brown-Curtis turbines, 27,000 shp (20,000 kW), two shafts
Speed:	34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph)
Range:	2,600 nautical miles (4,800 km; 3,000 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement:	6 officers, 113 sailors
Armament:	4 × QF 4-inch Mk V guns 1 × QF 2-pounder naval gun (later increased to 2) 5 × .303 inch machine guns 2 × 3-tube 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo sets (1 later removed) 2 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon Depth charge chutes and throwers

HMAS Voyager (D31/I31) (formerly HMS Voyager (G36/G16/D31)) was a W class destroyer of the Royal Navy (RN) and Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Commissioned into the RN in 1918, the destroyer remained in RN service until 1933, when she was transferred to the RAN. Recommissioned, Voyager served in the Mediterranean and Pacific theatres of World War II until 23 September 1942, when she ran aground while trying to deliver troops to Timor. The ship was damaged by Japanese bombers while trying to refloat, then was scuttled by her crew.

Voyager was a W class destroyer constructed for the Royal Navy during World War I. The ship had a displacement of 1,100 tons at standard load, and 1,470 tons at full load. She was 312 feet 1.375 inches (95.13253 m) in length overall and 300 feet (91 m) long between perpendiculars, with a beam of 29 feet 6 inches (8.99 m), and a maximum draught of 14 feet 6.75 inches (4.4387 m). Propulsion machinery consisted of three Yarrow boilers feeding two Brown-Curtis turbines, which provided 27,000 shaft horsepower (20,000 kW) to the two propeller shafts. Maximum designed speed was 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph).Voyager had a range of 2,600 nautical miles (4,800 km; 3,000 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph). The ship's company consisted of 6 officers and 113 sailors.

At launch, Voyager's main armament consisted of four single QF 4-inch Mark V guns. This was supplemented by a quad-barelled QF 2-pounder naval gun, and five .303 inch machine guns of various types. The destroyer was also fitted with two 3-tube 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo sets, two depth charge chutes, and four depth charge throwers. Later modifications to her armament included the installation of a second 2-pounder gun and two Oerlikon 20 mm cannon, and the removal of one of the torpedo tube sets.

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