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HMAS ''Nestor'' (G02) was an N-class destroyer of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Built in Scotland, ''Nestor'' was commissioned in February 1941; although manned by Australians and commissioned as an Australian warship, she remained the property of the Royal Navy. Entering service in 1941, ''Nestor'' spent most of her career as a patrol and escort vessel in the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean, and the Far East. In December 1941, the destroyer located and sank the German submarine ''U-127''. In June 1942, ''Nestor'' sailed as part of the Operation ''Vigorous'' escort force, protecting a supply convoy to Malta. On the evening of 15 June, the ship was heavily damaged by air attack. Despite attempts to tow the ship to base, ''Nestor'' was abandoned and scuttled off Crete the next morning. ''Nestor'' is the only ship of the RAN that never operated in Australian waters.〔 ==Design and construction== The N-class destroyer had a displacement of 1,773 tons at standard load, and 2,550 tons at full load.〔Cassells, ''The Destroyers'', p. 61〕 ''Nestor'' 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. 62〕 ''Nestor'' was capable of reaching .〔 The ship's company consisted of 249 officers and sailors at the time she was sunk.〔 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 torpedo launcher tube sets (with 10 torpedoes carried), two depth-charge throwers and one depth-charge chute (with 45 charges carried).〔 The 4-inch gun was removed later in ''Nestor''s career.〔 ''Nestor'' was laid down by the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Limited, at Govan, Scotland in 1939.〔 She was launched on 9 July 1940 by the daughter of one of the shipyard directors.〔 ''Nestor'' was commissioned into the RAN on 3 February 1941; although manned and commissioned as an Australian warship, the destroyer remained the property of the Royal Navy.〔 The destroyer's name came from the mythological ruler.〔 The ship cost 398,960 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 Nestor (G02)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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