OVERVIEW
HMAS Vampire D11 destroyer served the Australian Navy from 1959 to 1986 and lives on as a floating museum ship.
HMAS Vampire D11 destroyer served the Australian Navy from 1959 to 1986 and lives on as a floating museum ship.
YEAR: 1959
SHIP CLASS: Daring-class
SHIPS-IN-CLASS (4): HMAS Duchess (D154); HMAS Vampire (D11); HMAS Vendetta (D08); HMS Voyager (D04)
OPERATORS: Australia
SPECIFICATIONS
Unless otherwise noted the presented statistics below pertain to the base HMAS Vampire (D11) design. Common measurements, and their respective conversions, are shown when possible.
Unless otherwise noted the presented statistics below pertain to the base HMAS Vampire (D11) design. Common measurements, and their respective conversions, are shown when possible.
CREW: 320
LENGTH: 389 feet (118.57 meters)
BEAM: 43 feet (13.11 meters)
DRAUGHT: 12.8 feet (3.90 meters)
DISPLACEMENT (SURFACE): 3,200 tons
PROPULSION: 2 x Foster Wheeler boilers with 2 x English Electric geared steam turbines driving 2 x shafts at 54,000 shaft horsepower.
SPEED (SURFACE): 31 knots (36 miles-per-hour)
RANGE: 3,737 nautical miles (4,300 miles; 6,920 kilometers)
ARMAMENT
6 x 4.5" (113mm) QF guns in three triple turrets
6 x 1'6" (40mm) Bofors anti-aircraft guns in two twin-gun turrets and two single-gun turrets.
4 x 0.50 caliber (13mm) Browning heavy machine guns
1 x 21" (530mm) five-tube torpedo launcher (Mark IV torpedoes).
1 x Limbo anti-submarine mortar OR 1 x Sea Cat surface-to-air missile system.
6 x 4.5" (113mm) QF guns in three triple turrets
6 x 1'6" (40mm) Bofors anti-aircraft guns in two twin-gun turrets and two single-gun turrets.
4 x 0.50 caliber (13mm) Browning heavy machine guns
1 x 21" (530mm) five-tube torpedo launcher (Mark IV torpedoes).
1 x Limbo anti-submarine mortar OR 1 x Sea Cat surface-to-air missile system.
AIR WING
None.
None.