HMAS Anzac (D59)

HMAS Anzac
History
Australia
Namesake	The Australian and New Zealand Army Corps
Builder	Williamstown Naval Dockyard
Laid down	23 September 1946
Launched	20 August 1948
Completed	22 March 1951
Commissioned	14 March 1951
Decommissioned	4 October 1974
Reclassified	Training ship (1961)
Motto	"United We Stand"
Honours and awards	Battle honours: Korea 1951–53 Malaya 1956
Fate	Sold for scrap, 24 November 1975
General characteristics
Class and type	Battle-class destroyer
Displacement	2,436 tons (as destroyer) 3,450 tons (as training ship)
Length	379 ft (116 m) overall 355 ft (108 m) between perpendiculars
Beam	41 ft (12 m)
Draught	21 ft 11.5 in (6.693 m)
Propulsion	2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, Parsons geared turbines, 50,000 shp, 2 shafts
Speed	31 knots (57 km/h; 36 mph)
Complement	320 as destroyer 169 + 109 trainees as training ship
Armament	4 × QF 4.5 inch /45 (113 mm) Mark V guns in 2 twin mountings UD Mark VI 12 × 40 mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns (3 twin, 6 single) 2 × 21 in 5-tube Pentad torpedo tube sets Squid anti-submarine mortar

HMAS Anzac (D59) was a Battle-class destroyer of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Named after the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, the destroyer was commissioned in 1951. The ship served on two tours of duty during the Korean War, and attempts to distinguish herself from British ships led to the practice of red kangaroo symbols on Australian warships. During 1956, Anzac served during the Malayan Emergency. In 1960, a malfunction in the destroyer's gun direction equipment caused Anzac to fire directly on sister ship HMAS Tobruk during a gunnery exercise, with Tobruk left unrepairable. In 1961, the destroyer was reclassified as a training vessel. Anzac remained in service until 1974, and was sold for breaking a year later.