| Navy | The Royal Australian Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | N |
| Pennant | G 38 |
| Built by | John Brown Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Ltd. (Clydebank, Scotland) |
| Ordered | 15 Apr 1939 |
| Laid down | 27 Jul 1939 |
| Launched | 4 Jul 1940 |
| Commissioned | 8 Jan 1941 |
| End service | 17 Oct 1945 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Returned to the Royal Navy on 17 October 1945. Commanding Officers: Cdr. Claude Henry Brooks, RAN A/Lt.Cdr. William Frank Cook, RAN |
| Former name | HMS Nizam |
Commands listed for HMAS Nizam (G 38)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. Max Joshua Clark, RAN | 19 Dec 1940 | 26 Jan 1943 |
| 2 | Claude Henry Brooks, RAN | 26 Jan 1943 | Nov 1944 |
| 3 | William Frank Cook, RAN | Nov 1944 | Oct 1945 ? |
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Noteable events involving Nizam include:
8 Oct 1942
HMAS Nizam (Cdr. M.J. Clark, DSO, RAN) picks up 64 survivors from the Dutch merchant Gaasterkerk that was torpedoed and sunk off Capetown, South-Africa in position 34º20'S, 18º10'E by the German submarine U-68.
31 Jul 1943
HMAS Nizam (Cdr. C.H. Brooks, RAN) picks up 6 survivors from the British merchant Cornish City that was torpedoed and sunk on 29 July 1943 by the German submarine U-177 south-east of Madagascar in position 27º20'S, 52º10'E.
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