HMAS Anzac (G90)

HMAS "Anzac", Port Jackson, Sydney, c. 1925
History
United Kingdom
Namesake	The Australian and New Zealand Army Corps
Ordered	December 1915
Builder	William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton
Laid down	31 January 1916
Launched	11 January 1917
Commissioned	24 April 1917
Decommissioned	March 1919
Identification	Pennant number: F61, G60, G50 then G70
Fate	Transferred to RAN
Australia
Acquired	March 1919
Commissioned	27 January 1920
Decommissioned	30 July 1931
Identification	Pennant number: G90
Fate	Sunk as target 7 May 1936
General characteristics
Class and type	Parker-class leader
Displacement	1,660 tons
Length	327 ft 7 in (99.85 m) length overall 314 ft 11.25 in (95.9930 m) between perpendiculars
Beam	31 ft 10 in (9.70 m)
Draught	13 ft 9.75 in (4.2101 m) maximum
Propulsion	4 × Yarrow boilers, Brown-Curtis geared turbines, 37,060 shp, 3 propellers
Speed	34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph) (designed)
Range	3,360 nautical miles (6,220 km; 3,870 mi) at 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph)
Complement	122
Armament	4 × single QF 4-inch Mark IV guns 2 × 2-pounder "pom-pom" guns 1 × .303-inch Maxim machine gun 4 × .303-inch Lewis machine guns (2 single, 1 twin-mount) 2 × twin 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tube sets 2 × depth charge throwers 4 × depth charge chutes

HMAS Anzac was a Parker-class destroyer leader that served in the Royal Navy (as HMS Anzac) and the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Launched in early 1917 and commissioned into the Royal Navy, Anzac led the 14th Destroyer Flotilla of the Grand Fleet during the First World War. In 1919, she and five other destroyers were transferred to the RAN, with Anzac commissioning as an Australian warship in 1920. Except for three visits to New Guinea and one to the Solomon Islands, Anzac remained in southern and eastern Australian waters for her entire career. The destroyer was decommissioned in 1931, sold for scrapping four years later, stripped for parts, then towed outside Sydney Heads and sunk as a target ship in 1936.