HMAS Warramunga (I44)

HMAS Warramunga (I44) in 1946
HMAS Warramunga in 1946
History
Australia
NamesakeThe Warumungu people of Central Australia
BuilderCockatoo Docks and Engineering Company
Laid down10 February 1940
Launched7 February 1942
Commissioned23 November 1942
Decommissioned7 December 1959
IdentificationPennant number: I44 (later D123)
MottoCourage in Difficulties
Honours and
awards
FateSold for scrap on 15 February 1963
General characteristics
Class and typeTribal-class destroyer
Displacement2,031 tons
Length
Beam36.5 ft (11.1 m)
Draught9 ft (2.7 m)
Propulsion3 × drum boilers, Parsons impulse-reaction turbines, 44,000 shp (33,000 kW), 2 shafts
Speed36.5 knots (67.6 km/h; 42.0 mph)
Range
  • 1,030 nautical miles (1,910 km; 1,190 mi) at 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)
  • 2,840 nautical miles (5,260 km; 3,270 mi) at 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph)
Complement7 officers, 190 sailors
Armament

HMAS Warramunga (I44/D123) was a Tribal-class destroyer of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Built during World War II, the destroyer entered service in late 1942. She was initially assigned to convoy escort duties, but was assigned to the joint Australian-American Task Force 74 in 1943, and was involved in supporting numerous amphibious landings through the South-east Asian region until the end of the war. From 1950 and 1952, Warramunga fought in the Korean War, then was converted into an anti-submarine destroyer. Returning to service in 1954, the destroyer was one of the first RAN ships to operate with the Far East Strategic Reserve, and undertook two tours with the organisation before she was decommissioned in 1959 and sold for ship breaking in 1963.