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HMNZS Achilles |
United Kingdom Name: HMS Achilles Namesake: Achilles Builder: Cammell Laird, Birkenhead, England Laid down: 11 June 1931 Launched: 1 September 1932 Commissioned: 10 October 1933 Out of service: Loaned to Royal New Zealand Navy 1 October 1936 Identification: Pennant number: 70 Honours and awards: River Plate 1939[1] Fate: Sold to Indian Navy 5 July 1948 New Zealand Name: HMNZS Achilles Commissioned: 1 October 1941 Decommissioned: 17 September 1946 Identification: Pennant number: 70 Honours and awards: Guadalcanal 1942-43, Okinawa 1945[1] Fate: Returned to Royal Navy 17 September 1946 General characteristics Class and type: Leander-class light cruiser Displacement: 7,270 tons standard 9,740 tons full load (Oct 1945) Length: 555.5 ft (169.3 m) Beam: 56 ft (17 m) Draught: 19.1 ft (5.8 m) Installed power: 73,280 shaft horsepower (54,640 kW) Propulsion: Four Parsons geared steam turbines Six Yarrow boilers Four shafts Speed: 32.5 knots (60 km/h) Range: 5,730 nmi (10,610 km; 6,590 mi) at 13 kn (24 km/h) Complement: peacetime 550 wartime 680 Armament: 8 ? BL 6 in Mk.XXIII (152 mm L/50) guns, twin turrets Mk.XXI 4 ? QF 4 in Mk.V (102 mm L/45) guns, single mounts HA Mk.IV 12 ? QF 0.5 in Mk.III Vickers (12.7 mm) machine guns, quad mounts Mk.I 8 (2?4) tubes for 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo Mk.IX Armour: 3 in magazine box 1 inch deck 1 inch turrets Aircraft carried: Catapult-launched Fairey Seafox Amphibious Supermarine Walrus Radio controlled DH.82 Queen Bee |
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Added on | 23/06/2018 |
Dimension | 1200 x 840 |
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