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HMAS Duchess at sea |
| Career (UK) |
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| Name: |
HMS Duchess |
| Builder: |
John I. Thornycroft and Company |
| Laid down: |
2 July 1948 |
| Launched: |
9 April 1951 |
| Commissioned: |
23 October 1952 |
| Motto: |
"Duci Non Trahi" |
| Fate: |
Loaned to Australia 1964, sold 1972 |
| Career (Australia) |
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| Name: |
HMAS Duchess |
| Acquired: |
8 May 1964 |
| Decommissioned: |
27 October 1977 |
| Nickname: |
"Her Ladyship" |
| Fate: |
Sold for scrap 7 May 1980 |
| Badge: |
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| General characteristics |
| Displacement: |
Standard: 2,830 tons. Full load: 3,820 tons |
| Length: |
390 feet (120 m) |
| Beam: |
53 feet (16 m) |
| Draught: |
13.6 feet (4.1 m) |
| Propulsion: |
2 Foster Wheeler boilers (650 psi, 850 °F), English Electric steam turbines, 2 shafts, 54,000 shp (40 MW) |
| Speed: |
30 knots (56 km/h) |
| Range: |
4,400 nm at 20 kts |
| Complement: |
297 |
Sensors and
processing systems: |
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| Armament: |
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HMAS Duchess (D154) was a Daring-class destroyer laid down by John I. Thornycroft and Company of Woolston at Southampton on 2 July 1948 as HMS Duchess (D154). She was launched on 9 April 1951 and commissioned into the British Royal Navy on 23 October 1952.
She was loaned to the Royal Australian Navy on 8 May 1964 following the loss of Voyager, and purchased by Australia in 1972. Duchess paid off on 27 October 1977, and was sold for scrap on 7 May 1980.
