Stuart 1918

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Name:	STUART
Type:	Destroyer
Keel:	18/10/1917
Launched:	22/08/1918
Completed:	21/12/1918
Builder:	R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd
Yard:	Hebburn
Yard Number:	507
Dimensions:	1530disp - 2053disp, 320.0 x 31.8 x 9.25(draft) ft
Engines:	2 x Steam turbines, Parsons type, 40000shp
Engines by:	R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle
Propulsion:	2 x Screws, 36.5knots
Construction:	Steel
Armament:	5 x 1 x 4.7ins, 1 x 3.0ins guns, 2 x 3 x 21.0ins torpedoes

History:
21/12/1918	British Royal Navy
1935	Royal Australian Navy
03/02/1947	Broken up

Comments:	Member of the Scott Class of destroyer leaders
	1935: Transferred to the Royal Australian Navy
	30/09/1940: Forced Italian submarine GONDAR to surrender
	03/1941: Participated in the Battle of Cape Matapan
	04/1941: Assisted in the evacuation of troops from Greece
	05/1941: Assisted in the evacuation of troops from Crete
	08/1941: Returned to Australia with damaged engine
	04/1942: Engine repaired but then stayed in Australian waters
	1944: Converted into a fast store ship and troop transport
	03/02/1947: Sold to T Carr & Co for breaking up at Sydney