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Vampire 1978 Many thanks to Borys Estrin for additional information on this page.  

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Voyager	D04	188	Cockatoo I DYd	10.10.1949	1.5.1952	12.2.1957	collision 10.2.1964
Vendetta	D08, 1969- 08		Williamstown DYd	4.7.1949	3.5.1954	26.11.1958	decommissioned 10.1979, sold 1.1987
Vampire	D11, 1969- 11	189	Cockatoo I DYd	1.7.1952	27.10.1956	23.6.1959	museum ship 6.1986
Waterhen			Williamstown DYd	12/1952	---	---	cancelled 1954
Duchess	D154, 1969- 154		Thornycroft, Woolston, UK	7/1948	9.4.1951	10/1952 // 5.1964	TS 8.1974, decommissioned 10.1977, sold 5.1980

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	2800
Displacement full, t	3600
Length, m	111.6 pp 118.9 oa
Breadth, m	13.1
Draught, m	4.14 deep load
No of shafts	2
Machinery	D04, 08, 11: 2 sets English Electric geared steam turbines, 2 Foster Wheeler boilers D154: 2 sets Pametrada geared steam turbines, 2 Foster Wheeler boilers
Power, h. p.	54000
Max speed, kts	34.75
Fuel, t	oil 590
Endurance, nm(kts)	4400(20)
Armament	D04: 3 x 2 - 120/45 Mk 6, 2 x 2 - 40/60 STAAG Mk 2, 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 5, 1 x 5 - 533 TT, 1 x 3 - 305 Squid Mk 4 ASWRL D08, 11: 3 x 2 - 120/45 Mk 6, 2 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 5, 2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 7, 1 x 5 - 533 TT, 1 x 3 - 305 Limbo Mk 10 ASWRL D154: 3 x 2 - 120/45 Mk 6, 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 5, 2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 7, 1 x 3 - 305 Squid Mk 4 ASWRL
Electronic equipment	D04, 08, 11: type 275, 2x type 262, type 293 radars, type 170, type 174/177 sonars D154: type 262, type 277, type 291, type 293, type 903 radars, type 170, type 174/177 sonars
Complement	320

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Project history

Four modified Daring class destroyers were ordered in December 1946, but work did not start until 1949, with material imported from Great Britain. In general the original layout was followed, but the after bank of TT was suppressed and 'X' turret was moved forward to allow a Limbo mortar to be mounted on the centreline. Waterhen was cancelled in 1954. As completed, Voyager was very similar to the British Daring, but Vampire and Vendetta were given two CRBF director on the centreline forward and aft of the funnel and two twin 40mm Mk 5 Bofors mountings sided.

Modernizations

1971, Vampire; 1974, Vendetta: - type 275, type 293 radars; + LW-02, 2x WM-22, SGR-301A radars, type 162, type 185 sonars

1974, Duchess: - 1 x 2 - 120/45 (aft), 1 x 3 - 305 Squid ASWRL; + large deckhouse for classrooms

Naval service

Voyager was sunk on 10 February 1964 in Tasman Sea in collision with aircraft carrier Melbourne and HMS Duchess was transferred from the RN on loan; she was bought outright in 1972 and paid off in 1977. Duchess and Vendetta were put on the disposal list in 1979, but in 1980 Vampire joined a new training squadron, she was paid off in August 1985. Vendetta was not stricken until January 1987.

Many thanks to Borys Estrin for additional information on this page.