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.jpg) HMAS Anzac
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Parker class |
| Builders | |
| Operators | |
| Preceded by | Marksman class |
| Succeeded by | Admiralty V class |
| Built | 1915–1917 |
| In commission | 1915–1935 |
| Completed | 6 |
| Lost | 1 |
| Retired | 5 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Destroyer flotilla leader |
| Displacement | 1,670 long tons (1,700 t) |
| Length | 325 ft (99 m) |
| Beam | 31 ft 9 in (9.68 m) |
| Draught | 10 ft 6 in (3.20 m) |
| Propulsion | Yarrow-type boilers, steam turbines, 3 shafts, 36,000 shp |
| Speed | 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph) |
| Endurance | 415 tons oil |
| Complement | 116 |
| Armament |
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The Parker-class leaders or improved Marksman-class leaders were a class of six destroyer leaders built for the Royal Navy during 1916–17 for World War I service. They were named after famed historical naval leaders, except for Anzac, which was named to honour the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, and was later transferred to the Royal Australian Navy. They were the last major Royal Navy warships to be ordered with three propeller shafts, a design that was never widely adopted in British warships.