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Stuart

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ClassV/W (Scrap Iron Flotilla) class
TypeDestroyer (DD)
HullD00
FateAfloat. Flotilla leader of the Scrap Iron Flotilla. Survived the war and was scrapped after she paid off.
Armament (class)V and W destroyer. Four guns and two funnels.
Command

Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.

The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.

Stuart
photographer not identified. HMAS Stuart Bow 1944 AWM 301350.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

HMAS Stuart (D00) was a destroyer of the Royal Australian Navy, a Scott-class flotilla leader counted with the V and W ships of the Scrap Iron Flotilla.

She was flotilla leader of the Scrap Iron Flotilla and led Stuart, Vampire, Vendetta, Voyager, and Waterhen. This account is of the 1933 hull; a later ship also carried the name Stuart.

Hector MacDonald Laws Waller was her captain from 1 September 1939. In April 1942, S. H. K. Spurgeon was in command. Stuart survived the war. After she paid off, the hull was scrapped.

The pictures on this page are the originals.