The "Battle" Class destroyers comprised two distinct groups the eighteen "Group 1" ships ordered in 1942, which included the two Royal Australian Navy ships HMAS Anzac and HMAS Tobruk, and the twenty six "Group 2" ships ordered in 1943 of which only ten ships were commissioned between 1946 and 1947.

The "Battle" Class ships were originally designed with a view to operations in the Pacific during the Second World War and were unusual in being the first destroyers to have all of their main armament mounted forward. They were also the first destroyers to be fitted with stabilizers and were considered to have good handling and sea keeping qualities.

Tri-ang Minic produced identical models of the two Australian "Battle" Class destroyers HMAS Anzac and HMAS Tobruk which were distinguished only by the model number and name marked on the underside.

The company also produced models of two British Group 2 "Battle" Class ships HMS Alamein and HMS Jutland which differed from the models of the Australian ships in the shape of the "director" tower at the rear of the bridge and in the number of anti-aircraft weapons on the models.

Builder:

Cockatoo Docks & Eng Co Ltd - Sydney, Australia

Laid Down:

5^th August 1946

Launched:

20^th December 1947

Commissioned:

17^th May 1950

Displacement:

3,375 tons Full Load

Length (OA):

379 ft ( 115.5 m )

Beam:

41 ft ( 12.5 m )

Draft:

12 ft 9 in ( 3.9 m )

Armament:

4 x 4.5" main guns in two twin turrets forward

11 x 40 mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns in 4 twin and 3 single mounts

10 x 21" torpedo tubes in two pentad mounts

Protection (Armour):

Propulsion:

2 Admiralty 3 drum type boilers, 2 Parsons geared turbines, 2 shafts, 50,000 shp

Maximum Speed:

31 knots

Complement:

290

Disposal:

27^th January 1972 -  scrapped in Osaka, Japan

Further details of the actual ship can be obtained from the following links -

The Royal Navy Postwar Web Site

http://www.btinternet.com/~warship/Postwar/Destroyers/battle.htm