HMAS Derwent (DE 49)
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| Career Australia |  |
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| Builder: | Williamstown Naval Dockyard |
| Laid down: | 17 June 1959 |
| Launched: | 8 April 1961 |
| Commissioned: | 23 April 1964 |
| Decommissioned: | 8 August 1994 |
| Status: | Sunk as artificial reef |
| Homeport: | Originally homeported in Sydney but with the division of the fleet into the Eastern and Western fleets, was transferred to Fleet Base West, HMAS Stirling, Garden Island, Western Australia. |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 2,560 tons |
| Length: | 113m |
| Beam: | 12.49m |
| Draught: | 5.18m |
| Propulsion: | 2 x English Electric steam turbines 2 shaft; 30,000 shp |
| Speed: | 31.9 knots |
| Complement: | 250 |
| Sensors and processing systems: | 1979: Mulloka sonar system AN/SPS-55 surface-search/navigation radar LW-02 early warning radar M22 fire control radar |
| Armament: | 2x 4.5in Mk6 gun 2x Limbo Mk10 AS mortar re-fitted 1x quad Seacat SAM launcher 1x Ikara ASW system 2x Mark 32 torpedo tubes - 1979 |
| Motto: | "Swift and Deadly" |
| Badge: |  |
HMAS Derwent (F 22/DE 49) was a River class destroyer escort, laid down by the Williamstown Naval Dockyard at Melbourne in Victoria on 17 June 1959, launched on 17 April 1961 and commissioned on 23 April 1964. HMAS Derwent paid off on 8 August 1994, and was sunk after being used for trials off Western Australia.
Derwent was named after the Derwent River in Hobart, Tasmania.
[edit] Operational History
HMAS Derwent was the first RAN vessel to launch a guided missile when she fired a Seacat missile on May 25, 1964.
From 1991 to 1992, Derwent's Seacat and Ikara launchers were removed. During this time, Derwent was used as a training vessel.
Prior to Australian ships deploying to the Persian Gulf, Derwent conducted trials in launching the RBS-70 Surface to Air Missile from a naval platform.
Derwnet was decommissioned at HMAS Stirling on August 8, 1994 after 30 years' service, HMAS Derwent had steamed 890,927 nautical miles (1,649,997 km) during her naval career.
[edit] Fate
Following scientific tests to study ship survivability, Derwent was sunk in deep waters, 15 nautical miles (28 km) west of Rottnest Island as a "fish attraction device" on December 21, 1994.
| "River" class destroyer escort |
| Type 12 |
| Parramatta | Yarra | Stuart | Derwent |
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