HMAS Tobruk (D37)

HMAS Tobruk in 1952
History
Australia
NamesakeSiege of Tobruk
BuilderCockatoo Docks and Engineering Company
Laid down5 August 1946
Launched20 December 1947
Commissioned8 May 1950
Decommissioned9 October 1960
Motto
  • Fidelis et Fortis
  • "Faithful and Strong"
Honours and
awards
FateSold for scrap in 1972
General characteristics
Class and typeBattle-class destroyer
Displacement2,436 tons (standard), 3,400 tons (full load)
Length
Beam41 ft (12 m)
Draught13 ft 6 in (4.11 m)
PropulsionAdmiralty 3-drum boilers, Parsons geared turbines, 50,000 shp (37,000 kW), two shafts
Speed
  • 31.5 knots (58.3 km/h; 36.2 mph) as designed
  • 32.36 knots (59.93 km/h; 37.24 mph) during trails
Range
  • 1,140 nautical miles (2,110 km; 1,310 mi) at 31 knots (57 km/h; 36 mph)
  • 4,420 nautical miles (8,190 km; 5,090 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement19 officers, 301 sailors
Armament

HMAS Tobruk (D37) was a Battle-class destroyer of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Built at the Cockatoo Island Dockyard, the destroyer was completed in 1950. Tobruk was deployed to the Korean War twice, and served with the Far East Strategic Reserve on three occasions during the late 1950s. In 1960, she was damaged beyond economical repair by sister ship HMAS Anzac during a gunnery exercise, which led to the destroyer's decommissioning that year, and sale for scrap in 1971.