HMAS Quickmatch
Service
- 14 September 1942 — 26 April 19631,084 days of the war
- Name
- HMAS Quickmatch
- Namesake
- The quick match, a fast burning match used for lighting cannon
- Builder
- J. Samuel White and Company
- Laid down
- 6 February 1941
- Launched
- 11 April 1942
- Commissioned
- 14 September 1942
- Decommissioned
- 15 May 1950
- Recommissioned
- 23 September 1955
- Fate
- Used as barracks ship until 1972, when she was sold for scrap (1972)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,750 long tons (1,778 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 2,420 long tons (2,459 t)
- Length
- 109.12 m (358 ft) OA
- Beam
- 10.67 m (35 ft)
- Speed
- 31 knots (57.4 km/h, 35.7 mph)
- Complement
- 220
- Main gun
- 119 mm (4.7 in)
HMAS Quickmatch was a Q-class destroyer in service with the Royal Australian Navy. She was named for The quick match. Her keel was laid at J. Samuel White and Company on 6 February 1941. She entered service on 14 September 1942, having been launched on 11 April 1942.
She was one of seven ships of her class. The class followed the O and P-class destroyer and was succeeded by the S and T-class destroyer.
Displacement was 1,750 long tons standard and 2,420 long tons at full load. She measured 109.1 m (358 ft) long with a beam of 10.7 m (35 ft). Her designed speed was 31 knots, and she carried a complement of 220. Her main battery was of 119 mm (4.7 in) calibre.
She was in commission for 1,084 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 15 May 1950. She recommissioned on 23 September 1955.
She was broken up for scrap in 1972.
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 3-drum boilers, Parsons Impulse turbines, 40000 shp
- Armament
- 4 × QF 4.7 inch Mk IX guns
- 1 × quadruple 2-pounder pom-pom
- 6 × 20 mm Oerlikon guns
- 4 × Depth charge throwers
- 2 × quadruple 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tube sets
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMAS Quickmatch on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Allan C. Green 1878 - 1954 — State Library of Victoria [1] (cropped, improved contrast) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons