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HMAS ''Nepal'' (G25/D14) was an N class destroyer of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Launched in 1941 as ''Norseman'', the ship suffered significant damage during an air raid on the John I. Thornycroft and Company shipyard, and during repairs was renamed to recognise Nepal's contribution to the British war effort. Although commissioned into the RAN in 1942, the ship remained the property of the Royal Navy. Most of ''Nepal''s wartime service was as part of the British Eastern Fleet, operating in the Indian Ocean. The destroyer was involved in Madagascar Campaign in 1942, and the Cockpit and Transom air raids in 1944. In early 1945, ''Nepal'' was reassigned to the British Pacific Fleet, and operated with them for the rest of the war. On her return to Sydney in October 1945, ''Nepal'' was decommissioned and returned to the Royal Navy. The British did not return the ship to active service; she was sold off in 1955, and broken up at the start of 1956. ==Design and construction== The N class destroyer had a displacement of 1,760 tons at standard load, and 2,353 tons at full load.〔Cassells, ''The Destroyers'', p. 56〕 ''Nepal'' was long overall and long between perpendiculars, had a beam of , and a maximum draught of .〔 Propulsion was provided by Admiralty 3-drum boilers connected to Parsons geared steam turbines, which provided 40,000 shaft horsepower to the ship's two propellers.〔Cassells, ''The Destroyers'', p. 57〕 ''Nepal'' was capable of reaching .〔 The ship's company consisted of 226 officers and sailors.〔 The ship's armament consisted of six 4.7-inch QF Mark XII guns in three twin mounts, a single 4-inch QF Mark V gun, a 2-pounder 4-barrel Pom Pom, four 0.5-inch machine guns, four 20 mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft guns, four .303 Lewis machine guns, two Pentad dual torpedo launcher tube sets (with 8 torpedoes carried), two depth-charge throwers and one depth-charge chute (with 45 charges carried).〔 The 4-inch gun was removed later in ''Nepal''s career.〔 The ship was laid down as ''Norseman'' by John I. Thornycroft and Company at Woolston, Hampshire on 9 September 1939.〔 She was launched on 4 December 1941.〔 Later in December, an air raid on the shipyard saw ''Norseman'' take serious damage; a direct hit nearly cut the destroyer in two.〔 The ship was repaired, during which her name was changed to ''Nepal'', honouring Nepal's contribution to the British war effort.〔 ''Nepal'' was commissioned into the RAN on 11 May 1942: although commissioned as an Australian warship, she remained the property of the Royal Navy.〔Cassells, ''The Destroyers'', pp. 56–7〕 The warship cost 402,939 pounds to build.〔 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 Nepal (G25)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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