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HMAS ''Nizam'' (G38/D15) was an N class destroyer of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). The destroyer, named after Sir Osman Ali Khan, the last Nizam of Hyderabad, was commissioned into the RAN in 1940, although the ship remained the property of the Royal Navy for her entire career. ''Nizam'' spent the early part of her service in the Atlantic, then was reassigned to the Mediterranean, where she was involved in the Crete and Syria-Lebanon Campaigns, the Tobruk Ferry Service, and the Malta Convoys. During 1942, the destroyer was involved in Operation Vigorous and the Madagascar Campaign. The next year saw the ship involved in patrols of the Indian and South Atlantic oceans, searching for German ships and submarines, and rescuing the survivors of U-boat attacks. After returning to Australia for a refit at the end of 1944, ten sailors were washed overboard in February 1945, with none ever seen again. The rest of World War II was spent operating in the Philippines and New Guinea regions. After returning to Australia in late 1945, ''Nizam'' was decommissioned and returned to the Royal Navy. The ship was not returned to active service, and was broken up for scrap in 1956. ==Design and construction== The N class destroyer had a displacement of 1,773 tons at standard load, and 2,554 tons at full load.〔Cassells, ''The Destroyers'', p. 65〕 ''Nizam'' 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. 66〕 ''Nizam'' 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, ten 21-inch torpedo tubes in two Pentad mounts, and a complement of depth charges.〔Cassells, ''The Destroyers'', pp. 65–6〕〔 ''Nizam'' was laid down by John Brown and Company, Limited, at Clydebank in Scotland on 27 July 1939.〔 She was launched by the wife of Sir Holberry Mensforth, a director of John Brown, on 4 July 1940.〔 The ship was commissioned on 19 December 1940; an error in a file at Navy Office caused some sources to incorrectly record the commissioning date as 8 January 1941.〔Cassells, ''The Destroyers'', pgs 66, 239〕 Although commissioned into the RAN, the destroyer was on loan from the Royal Navy.〔 ''Nizam'' was named after Sir Osman Ali Khan, The Last Nizam of Hyderabad.〔 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 Nizam (G38)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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