HMS Napier (G97)
HMAS Napier
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 Australia
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| Namesake: | Admiral Sir Charles Napier |
| Ordered: | 1939 |
| Builder: | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering |
| Laid down: | 26 July 1939 |
| Launched: | 22 May 1940 |
| Commissioned: | 28 November 1940 |
| Decommissioned: | 25 October 1945 |
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| Fate: | Disposed of |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class and type: | N-class destroyer |
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| Length: | 356 ft 6 in (108.7 m) (o/a) |
| Beam: | 35 ft 9 in (10.9 m) |
| Draught: | 12 ft 6 in (3.8 m) |
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| Propulsion: | 2 Shafts; 2 steam turbines |
| Speed: | 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph) |
| Range: | 5,500 nmi (10,200 km; 6,300 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement: | 183 |
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HMAS Napier (G97/D13) was an N class destroyer serving in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) during World War II. Built during 1939 and 1940, the destroyer was commissioned into the RAN, although she was ordered and owned by the British government. During 1941, Napier operated in the Mediterranean, before being transferred to the British Eastern Fleet at the start of 1942, then to south Atlantic operations in early 1944. In 1945, Napier was assigned to the British Pacific Fleet, and spent the rest of World War II in the fight against Japan. After the war's end, the destroyer was decommissioned and returned to the British. She was sold off in 1955, and broken up in 1956.
The N class destroyer had a displacement of 1,760 tons at standard load, and 2,353 tons at full load.Napier was 356 feet 6 inches (108.66 m) long overall and 229 feet 6 inches (69.95 m) long between perpendiculars, had a beam of 35 feet 8 inches (10.87 m), and a maximum draught of 16 feet 4 inches (4.98 m). Propulsion was provided by Admiralty 3-drum boilers connected to Parsons geared steam turbines, which provided 40,000 shaft horsepower to the ship's two propellers.Napier was capable of reaching 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph). The ship's company consisted of 226 officers and sailors.
The ship's armament consisted of six 4.7-inch QF Mark XII guns in three twin mounts, a single 4-inch QF Mark V gun, a 2-pounder 4-barrel Pom Pom, four 0.5-inch machine guns, four 20 mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft guns, four .303 Lewis machine guns, two Pentad dual torpedo launcher tube sets (with 8 torpedoes carried), two depth-charge throwers and one depth-charge chute (with 45 charges carried). The 4-inch gun was removed later in Napier's career.
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