HMAS Voyager (D31)

HMAS Voyager
History
United Kingdom
NameVoyager
BuilderAlexander Stephens and Sons
Laid down17 May 1917
Launched8 May 1918
Commissioned24 June 1918
Decommissioned11 October 1933
FateTransferred to RAN
Australia
NameVoyager
Acquired11 October 1933
Commissioned11 October 1933
Decommissioned14 April 1936
Recommissioned26 April 1938
Honours and
awards
FateRan aground 23 September 1942, scuttled
General characteristics
Class and typeW-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 1,100 tons standard
  • 1,470 tons full load
Length
Beam29 ft 6 in (9.0 m)
Draught14 ft 7 in (4.4 m)
Propulsion3 × Yarrow boilers, 2 × Brown-Curtis turbines, 27,000 shp (20,000 kW), two shafts
Speed34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph)
Range2,600 nautical miles (4,800 km; 3,000 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement6 officers, 113 sailors
Armament

HMAS Voyager (D31/I31) (formerly HMS Voyager (G36/G16/D31)) was a W-class destroyer of the Royal Navy (RN) and Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Commissioned into the RN in 1918, the destroyer remained in RN service until 1933, when she was transferred to the RAN. Recommissioned, Voyager served in the Mediterranean and Pacific theatres of World War II until 23 September 1942, when she ran aground while trying to deliver troops to Timor. The ship was damaged by Japanese bombers while trying to refloat, then was scuttled by her crew.