HMAS Parramatta

Sunk

Type	Sloop
Class	Grimsby
War	Second World War
Main guns	3 × 4″ guns

Grimsby-class sloop of the "Tobruk Ferry". Escorting an ammunition ship to Tobruk, she was torpedoed by U-559 on 27 November 1941 and rolled over and sank; 138 of the 162 aboard were killed.

AWM caption : "AERIAL PORT SIDE VIEW OF THE SLOOP HMAS PARRAMATTA (II). NOTE THE 4 INCH MARK XVI GUNS IN A TWIN MARK XIX MOUNTING FORWARD AND A SINGLE MARK XX AFT. A QUADRUPLE .5 INCH AA MACHINE GUN IS MOUNTED IN B POSITION. FIRE CONTROL WAS PROVIDED THE HIGH ANGLE CONTROL SYSTEM SITED BEHIND THE BR Photo: photographer not identified, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

3 × QF 4-inch (101.6 mm) Mk XVI anti-aircraft guns
4 × 3-pounder guns
1 × machine-gun
2 × depth charge throwers
2 × twin tubes for 21 in (530 mm) torpedoes

Builder	Cockatoo Island Dockyard
Laid down	9 November 1938
Launched	10 June 1939
Commissioned	8 April 1940
Displacement	1,060 tons (standard), 1,515 tons (full load)
Length	266 ft (81 m)
Speed	16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph)
Complement	135

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

Career

Launched

10 June 1939

Sinking of Parramatta

Sunk

27 November 1941

138 killed