HMAS Nestor

Scuttled

Type	Destroyer
Class	N
War	Second World War
Main guns	6 × 4.7″ guns in 3 twin mounts

N-class destroyer owned by Britain and manned by Australians. Sank U-127 off Cape St Vincent in December 1941. Disabled by Italian bombers with the Vigorous convoy on 15 June 1942, she was taken in tow but had to be scuttled the next morning; four of her crew were killed.

AWM Caption: Port bow view of the N Class Destroyer HMAS Nestor, one of the five ships of this class which served in the Royal Australian Navy during the Second World War. (...) Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

3 × twin QF 4.7-inch (120 mm) Mk XII guns
1 × single QF 4-inch Mk V (102 mm) AA gun
4 × single 20 mm (0.8 in) Oerlikon AA guns
2 × twin QF 0.5-inch (12.7 mm) Mk III machineguns
1 × quintuple 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
45 × depth charges, 1 × rack, 2 × throwers

Builder	Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Limited
Laid down	1939
Launched	9 July 1940
Commissioned	3 February 1941
Displacement	1,773 long tons (1,801 t) (standard) 2,384 long tons (2,422 t) (deep load)
Length	356 ft 6 in (108.7 m) (o/a)
Speed	36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Complement	183

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

9 July 1940

Operation Vigorous

Scuttled

13–16 June 1942

Disabled by bombs on 15 June; four killed