HMAS Nizam (G38)

HMAS Nizam (G38)

HMAS "Nizam" (G38) was an N-class destroyer of the Royal Australian Navy laid down by John Brown and Company, Limited, at Clydebank in Scotland on 27 July 1939, launched on 4 July 1940 and commissioned on 8 January 1941. She was named after the Sir Osman Ali Khan, The Last Nizam of Hyderabad an Indian Prince who helped pay for her.

She was manned by Australians and commissioned in the Royal Australian Navy but remained the property of the British Government.

She saw service in the Mediterranean and was heavily engaged in the battle for Crete in May 1941. Twice she escorted the minelayer HMS "Abdiel", which was carrying reinforcements to the island, and later took part in the evacuation of the Allied forces. From January 1942 to November 1944, "Nizam" was assigned to the British Eastern Fleet, with a short return to the Mediterranean for Operation Vigorous in June 1942. She took part, among others, in Operation Cockpit in April 1944. In 1945, "Nizam" was present in Tokyo Bay on Victory over Japan Day (2 September 1945), when the Japanese Instrument of Surrender was signed. [cite web |url=http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq69-2.htm |title=Allied Ships Present in Tokyo Bay During the Surrender Ceremony, 2 September 1945 |accessdate=2007-01-13 |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date=27 May 2005|publisher=Naval Historical Center - U.S. Navy|quote=Taken from "Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas (CINCPAC/CINCPOA) A16-3/FF12 Serial 0395, 11 February 1946: Report of Surrender and Occupation of Japan"]

"Nizam" reverted to the Royal Navy on 17 October 1945.

References

ee also

Further reading

* Man Overboard!': The HMAS Nizam Tragedy by Andrew Rose, Sandra Rose - 2006 ISBN 0977523802

External links

* [http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/n_class.htm#HMS%20Nizam Picture of HMAS Nizam (G38)]


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