Portal:Military history of Australia/Units/February 4

HMAS Nestor was an N-class destroyer of the Royal Australian Navy laid down by the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, at Govan, Scotland on 26 July 1939, launched on 9 July 1940 and commissioned on 12 February 1941. She was manned by Australians and commissioned in the RAN but remained the property of the British Government. During her short life Nestor escorted North Atlantic convoys, took part in the pursuit and destruction of the battleship Bismarck and attacked and sank the submarine U-127 off Cape St. Vincent. Nestor was attacked and severely damaged off Crete by German land based aircraft while escorting a Malta bound convoy on 15 June 1942. She was taken in tow by HMS Javelin but was scuttled by depth charges at 05:30 on 17 June 1942.