Royal Navy — Destroyer
G78
HMS Quentin
Service
- as HMS Quentin15 April 1942 — 2 December 1942231 days of the war
HMS Quentin
Particulars
- Name
- HMS Quentin
- Pennant / hull number
- G78
- Builder
- J. Samuel White and Company
- Laid down
- 25 September 1940
- Launched
- 5 November 1941
- Commissioned
- 15 April 1942
- Fate
- Torpedoed, 2 December 1942
By torpedo (1942) - Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,692 long tons (1,719 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 2,411 long tons (2,450 t)
- Length
- 109.19 m (358.2 ft) OA
- Beam
- 10.9 m (35.8 ft)
- Draught
- 2.9 m (9.5 ft)
- Speed
- 36 knots (66.7 km/h, 41.4 mph)
- Range
- 4,675 nmi (8,658 km)
- Complement
- 176
- Main gun
- 119 mm (4.7 in)
HMS Quentin was a destroyer, operated by the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number G78. J. Samuel White and Company laid her keel on 25 September 1940. Launched on 5 November 1941, she entered service on 15 April 1942.
She displaced 1,692 long tons standard and 2,411 long tons at full load. She measured 109.2 m (358 ft) long with a beam of 10.9 m (36 ft). Her designed speed was 36 knots, and she carried a complement of 176. Her main battery was of 119 mm (4.7 in) calibre.
She was in commission for 231 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 2 December 1942 by torpedo, at 37°32′N 8°32′E. The wreck survives.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 2 × Admiralty three-drum boilers, Parsons geared steam turbines, 40000 shp on 2 shafts
- Armament
- 4 × QF 4.7 in Mk.IX guns, single mounts CP Mk.XVIII
- 4 × QF 2 pdr Mk.VIII (40 mm L/39), quad mount Mk.VII
- 6 × QF 20 mm Oerlikon, single mount P Mk.III
- 8 (2×4) tubes for 21 inch torpedoes Mk.IX
- up to 3 × throwers & 3 × racks, to 45 depth charges
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMS Quentin on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Devonport Dockyard Constructive Department — This photograph FL 9023 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons