About This Unit
HMAS Anzac (I) was the last of six modified Kempenfelt-class destroyer flotilla leaders, based on the Marksman-class, built for the Royal Navy (RN) under the Emergency War Programme in the shipyards of Denny Bros Ltd in Dumbarton, Scotland.
After commissioning into the RN on 24 April 1917 as HMS Anzac, she became leader of the 14th Destroyer Flotilla based at Scapa Flow and conducted anti-submarine operations in the North Sea and the English Channel.
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