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| Tonnage | 1375 tons standard displacement |
| Dimensions | 329' by 33' by 12'6" 100.28m by 10.06m by 3.78m |
| Maximum speed | 36 knots |
| Complement | 145 |
| Armament | 4x1 4.7"/45
guns 1 3"/45 dual-purpose gun 2x1 2pdr guns 2x4 21" (53cm) torpedo tubes 50 depth charges 2 depth charge throwers 1 depth charge track |
| Machinery |
2-shaft geared turbine (36,000 shp) 3 Admiralty 3-drum boilers |
| Bunkerage | 473 tons fuel oil |
| Range | 5870 nautical miles (10,870 km) at 15 knots |
| Sensors |
Type 121 sonar Type 271 radar Type 286 radar |
The Defender or "D" class of destroyers were completed in 1932-1933. They were very similar to the preceding Crescent class, which were all transferred to Canada before the war and saw no service in the Pacific.
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Decoy |
Arrived
1942-2 |
Withdrawn 1943-4-12 |
References
Gogin (2010; accessed 2012-12-19)
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