RN Destroyers: Q Class 1942

[Brian James]

Q-class Destroyer HMS Quadrant pictured from USS Wasp off Japan in July 1945,she was transferred to the RAN in October 1945.

[timlewin]

I think most of the "Q" flotilla were sold abroad, did not the Ozzies get Queenborough as well?

[jbryce1437]

Quail and Quentin were war losses. Quilliam went to the Netherlands as HNLMS Banckert.
The remainder; Quadrant, Queenborough, Quality, Quiberon and Quickmatch all went to the Royal Australian Navy. They we all converted to Type 15 Anti Submarine Frigates postwar.
Some more photos of the Class:

Jim


Quadrant

hms quadrant 201942.jpg

hms quadrant during ww2.jpg

Quail

hms quail ,dated 121943,seen here after being mined in the adriatic,south of calabria,15111943..jpg

hms-quail-a.jpg

hms-quail.jpg

Quality

hms quality ,during ww2,dated 3081942.jpg

quality (1942) stbside.jpg

Queenborough

hms queenborough, during ww2,dated 1942.jpg

Quentin

hms quentin ,during ww2.jpg

Quilliam

hms quilliam,during ww2 dated 1942.jpg

[ivorthediver]

Thanks for those Jim , you are full of surprises I thought we had catalogued them all , so well done

[timlewin]

thanks Jim, fine collection of pictures, glad my memory was right about sales. The Emergency destroyers were without doubt good lookers....

[Brian James]

Q Class Destroyer HMS Quilliam ....c1943.

[Brian James]

Original Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Shipbuilders Admiralty blueprint for Q Class Destroyer HMS Quality.