Sister ship HMAS Brisbane
Part of the Town-class light cruisers Chatham-class design just like the HMAS Brisbane (1913) and Sydney (1911). Laid down by Cammell Laird&Co. Ltd., England on 4 April 1911, launched on 30 May 1912, commissioned on 18 January 1913, decommissioned on 23 April 1928, sold to the Aloa Shipbreaking Company to be broken up on 8 December 1928 which was done at Birkenhead in 1929.
Displacement 5.500 (standard) tons and as dimensions 130 (between perpendiculars)-139,252 (over all)x 15,19 x 4,80 (mean)-5,97 (maximum) metres or 430-456.10 3/8” x 49.10 x 15.75-19.7 feet. Oil and coal fuelled machinery consisting of Parsons turbines and yarrow boilers delivering 25.000shp allowing with the 4 screws a speed of 11.5 (cruising) 25 (maximum design)-25,7 (trial) knots. The range was with a speed of 11 knots and a coal bunker capacity of 1.196 (coal full load) and 260 ton oil bunker capacity 4.000 nautical miles. Her crew numbered 485 men (including 31 officers). The armament consisted of 8x1-15,2cm/6” breech loading Mk XI guns protected by open-backed gunshields, 1-7,6cm/3” anti aircraft gun, 1-7,6cm/3”/12pd field field gun to be used ashore, 4-4,7cm/1.9”/3pd saluting guns, 3-303” machineguns and 2x1-45cm/18” submerged torpedo tubes in the broadsides. The armour consisted of a belt with a thickness 3,8cm/1.5” (bow and stern)-7,6cm/3” (amidships), while the machinery and magazine spaces were also protected just like the conning tower.
