Parker-class flotilla leader

	HMAS Anzac
Class overview
Name	Parker class
Builders	Cammell Laird; William Denny and Brothers;
Operators	Royal Navy; Royal Australian Navy;
Preceded by	Marksman class
Succeeded by	Admiralty V class
Built	1915–1917
In commission	1915–1935
Completed	6
Lost	1
Retired	5
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer flotilla leader
Displacement	1,670 long tons (1,700 t)
Length	325 ft (99 m)
Beam	31 ft 9 in (9.68 m)
Draught	10 ft 6 in (3.20 m)
Propulsion	Yarrow-type boilers, steam turbines, 3 shafts, 36,000 shp
Speed	34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph)
Endurance	415 tons oil
Complement	116
Armament	4 × QF 4-inch (101.6 mm) Mark IV guns, mounting P Mk. IX; 1 × 12-pdr (3 in) QF Mark II, mounting HA Mk.?; 2 × single 2-pdr "pom-pom" Mk. II; 2 × twin 21-inch (530 mm) torpedo tubes;

The Parker-class leaders or improved Marksman-class leaders were a class of six destroyer leaders built for the Royal Navy during 1916–17 for World War I service. They were named after famed historical naval leaders, except for Anzac, which was named to honour the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, and was later transferred to the Royal Australian Navy. They were the last major Royal Navy warships to be ordered with three propeller shafts, a design that was never widely adopted in British warships.

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