Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Royal Navy — Destroyer G09

HMS Quilliam

Q-class destroyer

HMS Quilliam
Royal Navy official photographer — http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib//18/media-18530/large.jpg This photograph FL 1378 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate — G09 HMS Quilliam Under tow on the Tyne.

Service

  1. Royal Navy as HMS Quilliam22 October 1942 — 21 November 19451,046 days of the war
  2. Royal Netherlands Navy as HNLMS Banckert21 November 1945 — April 1952
Q-class destroyer Particulars
Name
HMS Quilliam
Pennant / hull number
G09
Namesake
Lieutenant John Quilliam
Builder
R. and W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company, Limited
Laid down
19 August 1940
Launched
29 November 1941
Commissioned
22 October 1942
Decommissioned
21 November 1945
Struck
19 October 1956
Fate
Sold for scrap in 1957 (1957)
Status
Scrapped

HMS Quilliam was a Q-class destroyer, operated by the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number G09. She was named for Lieutenant John Quilliam. Her keel was laid at R. and W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company, Limited on 19 August 1940. Launched on 29 November 1941, she entered service on 22 October 1942.

Seven ships of the class were built. The class followed the O and P-class destroyer and was succeeded by the S and T-class destroyer.

She served with the Royal Navy as HMS Quilliam until 21 November 1945. She then passed to the Royal Netherlands Navy, serving as HNLMS Banckert from 21 November 1945. She was in commission for 1,046 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 21 November 1945. She was struck from the register on 19 October 1956.

She was broken up for scrap in 1957.

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Sources

  • Facts harvested from HMS Quilliam on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: Royal Navy official photographer — http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib//18/media-18530/large.jpg This photograph FL 1378 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons