Displacement: 6890 tons
standard: 9130 tons full load.
Dimensions:
532ft p.p - 562ft oa x 56ft 8in x 15ft
6in.
Machinery:
4 Admiralty 3-Drum Boilers
4 Shaft Parsons geared Turbines
72,500shp = 32.5 knots
Oil Fuel:
1760 tons
Radius:
7400 miles at 13 knots - 1920 miles at 30.5 knots
Builders:
H.M.Naval Dockyard, Portsmouth, England
Laid Down:
26th June 1933
Launched:
27th July 1934
Completed:
21st July 1936
Armament:
8 x 6" in twin turrets 8 x 4" in
twin turrets
12 x 0.5mgs 4 x 3pdr saluting guns
8 x 21" Torpedoes in quadruple mounts 12 Depth Charges
Early 1941.
At least one Breda gun carried on catapult base
and another on quarter deck. All removed July 1941.
May 1941.
Four-barrel Pom Pom M.G. from HMS Liverpool fitted
on catapult base.
Removed July 1941 and fitted on HMAS Hobart.
Aug 1941.
Nov refit: Single 20mm AA in tubs added on B and
X Turrets and
two quadruple 0.5mgs added on quarterdeck near the stern.
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