Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index HMAS Duchess (D-154) was a Daring class destroyer laid down by John I. Thornycroft and Company of Woolston at Southampton on 2 July 1948, launched on 9 April 1951, commissioned into the Royal Navy on 23 October 1952, loaned to the Royal Australian Navy on 8 May 1964 following the loss of HMAS Voyager, and purchased by Australia in 1972. HMAS Duchess paid off on 27 October 1977 and was sold for scrap on 7 May 1980. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.