HMAS Bataan

The Tribal class destroyer HMAS Bataan was constructed as ship number 148. Originally to be named the Kurnai, HMAS Bataan was laid down on 18 February 1942, launched on 15 January 1944 and completed on 26 June 1945. The overall length was 377 feet and displacement was 1Ê927 tons. It served with the occupation forces in Japan and in the Korean War. HMAS Bataan was laid up in 1954, and sold a few years later.

WORKING DRAWINGS OF TRIBAL CLASS DESTROYERS HMAS ARUNTA, WARRAMUNGA, AND BATAAN, 1939–45M2779
Quantity: 4.59 metres

See the series description for HMAS Arunta for further information.

 
REGISTER TO WORKING DRAWINGS OF TRIBAL CLASS DESTROYERS HMAS ARUNTA, WARRAMUNGA AND BATAAN, 1939–45M3004
 Quantity: 0.09 metres
 
INDEX TO TRACINGS OF TRIBAL CLASS DESTROYERS HMAS ARUNTA, WARRAMUNGA AND BATAAN, 1939–45M3009
 Quantity: 0.09 metres
 
INDEX TO WORKING DRAWINGS OF TRIBAL CLASS DESTROYERS HMAS ARUNTA, WARRAMUNGA AND BATAAN, 1939–45M3006
 Quantity: 0.09 metres
 
‘AS FITTED’ AND WORKING MECHANICAL DRAWINGS OF THE CONSTRUCTION AND MODERNISATION OF TRIBAL CLASS DESTROYERS HMAS ARUNTA, BATAAN AND WARRAMUNGA, 1939–53M2808
Quantity: 2.7 metres

See the series description for HMAS Arunta for further information.

 
PHOTOGRAPHS OF A MODEL OF A TRIBAL CLASS DESTROYER, 1940M3294
Quantity: 0.09 metres

See the series description for HMAS Arunta for further information.

 
‘AS FITTED’ DRAWINGS OF TRIBAL CLASS DESTROYER HMAS BATAAN, 1942–45M2852
Quantity: 0.36 metres

The drawings in this series show the general arrangement, design and mechanical layout of HMAS Bataan on its completion at Cockatoo Island Dockyard. Drawings include general arrangements; ventilation, pumping and plating details; shell expansion; and a docking plan. Some of the drawings were taken from the collection of ‘as fitted’ drawings for the second Tribal class destroyer, HMAS Warramunga.

Ventilation arrangement – profile and section, 1945M2852, 1
Cafeteria arrangement, 1945M2852, 34