HMAS Tobruk (D37)

HMAS Tobruk in 1952
History
Australia
Namesake	Siege of Tobruk
Builder	Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Company
Laid down	5 August 1946
Launched	20 December 1947
Commissioned	8 May 1950
Decommissioned	9 October 1960
Motto	Fidelis et Fortis "Faithful and Strong"
Honours and awards	Battle honours: Korea 1951–53 Malaya 1956
Fate	Sold for scrap in 1972
General characteristics
Class and type	Battle-class destroyer
Displacement	2,436 tons (standard), 3,400 tons (full load)
Length	379 ft (116 m) length overall 355 ft (108 m) between perpendiculars
Beam	41 ft (12 m)
Draught	13 ft 6 in (4.11 m)
Propulsion	Admiralty 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)
Complement	19 officers, 301 sailors
Armament	4 × QF 4.5-inch (113 mm)/45 Mark V guns in 2 twin mountings UD Mark VI 12 × 40 mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns (3 twin, 6 single) 2 × 21 in (533 mm) 5-tube Pentad torpedo tube sets Squid anti-submarine mortar

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.