Last update: 22.02.2001
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Shropshire class
General Info
Fleet / Country: Royal Australian Navy / Australia In service from: 1929 Complement (officers/enlisted): 784

Dimensions
(metres)
Lenght overall / waterline:
192,70
Beam overall / wl.:
20,10  /  
Draft overall / wl.:
5,18  /  

Displacement
(English tons = 1016 kg)
Standard
9830
Full loaded
13220

Armament
Main guns
8x203/50 Mk 8
Secondary guns
8x102/45 MK 5 HA, 8-24x40/45 Mk 5, 8-10x20
Torpedo tubes
8x533
Planes
1

Engines
Boilers
8 x Admiralty 3-drum
Turbines
4 x Parsons steam
Shafts
4

Endurance
Top speed (kts)
33,0
endurance
13000 miles @ 12 kts
Engines load
80000 HP
Fuel
3378 tons
Aircraft gasoline (liters)
4391

Armor
(milimetres)
Side belt
102
Decks
25,4
Main Battery turrets
Shropshire,