Meet the Makers - Model Boat Display Table 1

Table 1 - Peter Purches

HMAS Vampire

Model Owner: Peter Purches

Model Builder: Peter Purches

Vessel: HMAS Vampire

Vessel Type: Daring Class Destroyer

Scale: 72 scale

Builder: Cockatoo Island

Length: 118.6 m

Beam: 13.1 m

Displacement: 3560 tons

Launch Date: 27 Oct 1956

Armament

  • 6 × QF 4.5-inch (113-mm) guns (3 dual turrets)
  • 6 × 40-millimetre (1.6 in) Bofors anti-aircraft guns (2 twin mountings, 2 single mountings)
  • 4 × 0.5-inch (13 mm) Browning machine guns

Is now part the Australian National Maritime Museum and is the largest museum piece on display in Australia.