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HMAS ''Huon'' (D50), named after the Huon River, was a of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Originally to be named after the River Derwent, the ship was renamed before her 1914 launch because of a naming conflict with a Royal Navy vessel. ''Huon'' was commissioned into the RAN in late 1915, and after completion was deployed to the Far East. In mid-1917, ''Huon'' and her five sister ships were transferred to the Mediterranean. ''Huon'' served as a convoy escort and anti-submarine patrol ship until a collision with sister ship in August 1918 saw ''Huon'' drydocked for the rest of World War I. After a refit in England, ''Huon'' returned to Australia in 1919. The destroyer spent several periods alternating between commissioned and reserve status over the next nine years, with the last three spent as a reservist training ship. ''Huon'' was decommissioned for the final time in 1928, and was scuttled in 1931 after being used as a target ship. ==Design and construction== (詳細はlong overall and long between perpendiculars, had a beam of , and a maximum draught of .〔Cassells, ''The Destroyers'', p. 45〕 Propulsion was provided by three Yarrow-made boilers connected to Parsons geared turbines, which supplied 10,000 shaft horsepower to the three propellers.〔 Although designed to reach speeds of , the destroyer could only achieve a mean speed of during high-speed trials.〔 Her economical cruising speed was .〔 The ship's company consisted of 5 officers and 60 sailors.〔 At launch, the ship's armament consisted of a single 4-inch Mark VIII gun, three 12-pounder guns, a .303-inch Maxim gun, two .303-inch Lewis guns, and three revolving torpedo tubes for 18-inch torpedoes.〔 Four depth charge chutes were installed in 1917, although two were later removed in 1919.〔 Two depth charge throwers were added during a 1918 refit; at the same time, one of the torpedo tubes was removed.〔 The ship was laid down at Cockatoo Island Dockyard on 25 January 1913.〔 She was launched on 19 December 1914 by the wife of federal politician Jens Jensen.〔Cassells, ''The Destroyers'', p. 46〕 ''Huon'' was commissioned into the RAN on 14 December 1915, and completed on 4 February 1916.〔 The ship was originally to be named HMAS ''Derwent'', after the Derwent River, but this was changed after the British Admiralty complained that there would be easy confusion was the Royal Navy destroyer .〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMAS Huon (D50)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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