HMAS Swordsman
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Design and construction
Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". Swordsman was built to the Admiralty design of the S class destroyer, which was designed and built as part of the British emergency war programme.[2] The destroyer had a displacement of 1,075 tons, a length of Script error: No such module "convert". overall and Script error: No such module "convert". between perpendiculars, and a beam of Script error: No such module "convert"..[3] The propulsion machinery consisted of three Yarrow boilers feeding Brown-Curtis turbines, which supplied Script error: No such module "convert". to the ship's two propeller shafts.[4] Swordsman had a maximum speed of Script error: No such module "convert"., and a range of Script error: No such module "convert". at Script error: No such module "convert"..[2] The ship's company was made up of 6 officers and 93 sailors.[4]
The destroyer's primary armament consisted of three QF 4-inch Mark IV guns.[4] These were supplemented by a 2-pounder pom-pom, two 9.5-inch howitzer bomb throwers, five .303 inch machine guns (a mix of Lewis and Maxim guns), two twin 21-inch torpedo tube sets, two depth charge throwers, and two depth charge chutes.[4]
Swordsman was laid down by Scott's Shipbuilding and Engineering Company at their Greenock shipyard in 1917.[3] The destroyer was launched on 28 December 1918, and completed during March 1919.[3] In June 1919, the destroyer was marked for transfer to the RAN, along with four sister ships.[2][5] Swordsman was commissioned into the RAN on 27 January 1920.[4]
Operational history
After arriving in Australian waters, the majority of SwordsmanTemplate:'s career was spent moored in Sydney.[4]
Decommissioning and fate
Swordsman was paid off into reserve on 21 December 1929.[4] She was sold to Penguins Limited of Balmain, New South Wales for ship breaking on 4 June 1937.[4] Her hull (with engines removed) was scuttled off Sydney on 8 February 1939 in location Script error: No such module "Coordinates"..[1]
Citations
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