Allied Warships

HMAS Nepal (G 25)

Destroyer of the N class


HMAS Nepal during the Second World War

NavyThe Royal Australian Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassN 
PennantG 25 
Built byThornycroft (Southampton, U.K.) 
Ordered15 Apr 1939 
Laid down9 Sep 1939 
Launched4 Dec 1941 
Commissioned29 May 1942 
End service22 Oct 1945 
Loss position
 
History

HMS Norseman was renamed HMS Nepal before commissioning in January 1942.

Transferred to Australia before commissioning on 1 May 1942.
Commissioned in the Royal Australian Navy on 29 May 1942.
Returned to the Royal Navy on 22 October 1945.
Sold for scrap on 16 January 1956.

 
Former nameHMS Norseman

Commands listed for HMAS Nepal (G 25)

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CommanderFromTo
1Cdr. Franklyn Bryce Morris, RAN11 May 194230 Mar 1944
2Lt.Cdr. John Plunkett-Cole, RAN31 Mar 19447 Oct 1944
3Lt.Cdr. Charles John Stephenson, RAN8 Oct 1944

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The Kellys

Langtree, Christopher


Destroyers of World War Two

Whitley, M. J.

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