HMAS Tobruk (D37)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMAS Tobruk.
HMAS Tobruk (D37) was a Battle-class destroyer of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Built at the Cockatoo Island Dockyard, the destroyer was completed in 1950. Tobruk was deployed to the Korean War twice, and served with the Far East Strategic Reserve on three occasions during the late 1950s. In 1960, she was damaged beyond economical repair by sister ship HMAS Anzac during a gunnery exercise, which led to the destroyer's decommissioning that year, and sale for scrap in 1971.
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HMAS Tobruk in 1952 | |
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Namesake | Siege of Tobruk |
Builder | Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Company |
Laid down | 5 August 1946 |
Launched | 20 December 1947 |
Commissioned | 8 May 1950 |
Decommissioned | 9 October 1960 |
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Fate | Sold for scrap in 1972 |
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Class and type | Battle-class destroyer |
Displacement | 2,436 tons (standard), 3,400 tons (full load) |
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Beam | 41 ft (12 m) |
Draught | 13 ft 6 in (4.11 m) |
Propulsion | Admiralty 3-drum boilers, Parsons geared turbines, 50,000 shp (37,000 kW), two shafts |
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Complement | 19 officers, 301 sailors |
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