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HMAS Voyager (D31)
HMAS ''Voyager'' (D31/I31) (formerly HMS ''Voyager'' (G36/G16/D31)) was a W class destroyer of the Royal Navy (RN) and Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Commissioned into the RN in 1918, the destroyer remained in RN service until 1933, when she was transferred to the RAN. Recommissioned, ''Voyager'' served in the Mediterranean and Pacific theatres of World War II until 23 September 1942, when she ran aground while trying to deliver troops to Timor. The ship was damaged by Japanese bombers while trying to refloat, then was scuttled by her crew.
==Design and construction==
''Voyager'' was a W class destroyer constructed for the Royal Navy during World War I.〔Cassells, ''The Destroyers'', p. 166〕 The ship had a displacement of 1,100 tons at standard load, and 1,470 tons at full load.〔 She was in length overall and long between perpendiculars, with a beam of , and a maximum draught of .〔 Propulsion machinery consisted of three Yarrow boilers feeding two Brown-Curtis turbines, which provided to the two propeller shafts.〔Cassells, ''The Destroyers'', p. 167〕 Maximum designed speed was .〔 ''Voyager'' had a range of at .〔 The ship's company consisted of 6 officers and 113 sailors.〔
At launch, ''Voyager''s main armament consisted of four single QF 4-inch Mark V guns.〔 This was supplemented by a quad-barelled QF 2-pounder naval gun, and five .303 inch machine guns of various types.〔 The destroyer was also fitted with two 3-tube 21-inch torpedo sets, two depth charge chutes, and four depth charge throwers.〔 Later modifications to her armament included the installation of a second 2-pounder gun and two Oerlikon 20 mm cannon, and the removal of one of the torpedo tube sets.〔
''Voyager'' was laid down by Alexander Stephen and Sons at their shipyard in Glasgow, Scotland on 17 May 1917.〔 She was launched on 8 May 1918.〔 The destroyer was commissioned into the Royal Navy on 24 June 1918, the day of her completion.〔 ''Voyager'' was the only ship of her class that carried a name starting with "V": the rest of the W class had names starting with "W".〔
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