- HMAS Norman (G49)
HMAS "Norman" (G49) was an N class destroyer laid down by John I. Thornycroft and Company at
Woolston, Hampshire on 27 July 1939, launched on 30 October 1940 and commissioned on 29 September 1941.She was manned by Australians and commissioned in the
Royal Australian Navy but remained the property of the British Government. As part of her Australian deployment, "Norman" served with theBritish Eastern Fleet from January 1942 to February 1945, after which she joined theBritish Pacific Fleet .After the end of
World War II , "Norman" was returned to the Royal Navy in October 1945, in exchange for theQ class destroyer HMS "Queenborough".Trevor Weaver (1994). "Q class Destroyers and Frigates of the Royal Australian Navy", pg 87]"Norman" arrived at
Cashmore's inNewport on 1 April 1958 where she was broken up for scrap.References
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* [http://www.navy.gov.au/HMAS_Norman_(I) Australian navy webpage on history of HMAS Norman (I)]
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