SCOTT CLASS DESTROYER LEADER STUART. AFTER SERVICE WITH THE RN FROM 1918 TO 1932 STUART ...

SCOTT CLASS DESTROYER LEADER STUART. AFTER SERVICE WITH THE RN FROM 1918 TO 1932 STUART TRANSFERRED TO THE RAN IN OCTOBER 1933 ALONG WITH FOUR V&W CLASS DESTROYERS. WITH THE DECLARATION OF WAR STUART, WITH THE V&W SHIPS, SAILED FOR THE MEDITERRANEAN WHERE IT REMAINED UNTIL 22ND AUGUST 1941, WHEN IT RETURNED TO AUSTRALIA FOR A REFIT WHICH WAS COMPLETED IN APRIL 1942. SHE THEN CARRIED OUT CONVOY AND ANTI-SUBMARINE TASKS IN AUSTRALIAN WATERS UNTIL BEING CONVERTED TO A FAST STORE CARRIER AND TROOP TRANSPORT IN 1944-45, FILLING THAT ROLE UNTIL JANUARY 1946. STUART WAS PAID OFF ON 27TH APRIL 1946 AND SOLD ON 3RD FEBRUARY 1947, TO T. CARR & CO LTD, SYDNEY FOR SCRAPPING.