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HMAS ''Norman'' (G49/D16) was an N class operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) during World War II. Entering service in 1941, the ship was on loan from the Royal Navy. Early in her career, ''Norman'' participated in Operation Vigorous and the Madagascar Campaign, but spent most of the time between 1942 and the start of 1945 on uneventful patrols of the Indian Ocean. In January 1945, the destroyer was involved in the Burma Campaign, before being transferred from the British Eastern Fleet to the British Pacific Fleet. During April and May, ''Norman'' was involved in the Battle of Okinawa, but then spent the rest of World War II as the duty destroyer at Manus Island. ''Norman'' was returned to the Royal Navy in October 1945. The ship was not reactivated, and was broken up for scrap in 1958. ==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. 69〕 ''Norman'' 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.〔 ''Norman'' 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 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 ''Norman''s career.〔 The destroyer was laid down by John I. Thornycroft & Company at Southampton, England on 27 July 1939.〔 She was launched on 30 October 1940.〔 ''Norman'' was commissioned into the RAN on 15 September 1941; although operated as an Australian warship, the vessel remained the property of the Royal Navy.〔 The ship takes her name from the Normans, with her ship's badge depicting a Norman warrior' helmet.〔 She was the only N class destroyer to be given a motto: "''Cedere Nescio''" or "I Know Not How To Yield".〔Cassells, ''The Destroyers'', p. 71〕 Construction cost 402,939 pounds.〔 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 Norman (G49)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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