HMAS Duchess (D154)
From Free net encyclopedia
HMAS Duchess (D154) was a Daring-class destroyer laid down by John I. Thornycroft and Company of Woolston at Southampton on 2 July 1948, launched on 9 April 1951, commissioned into the Royal Navy on 23 October 1952, loaned to the Royal Australian Navy on 8 May 1964 following the loss of Voyager, and purchased by Australia in 1972.
Duchess, paid off on 27 October 1977, was sold for scrap on 7 May 1980.