HMAS Quiberon (G81)

HMAS Quiberon
History
Australia
Namesake	Battle of Quiberon Bay, 1759
Builder	J. Samuel White
Laid down	14 October 1940
Launched	31 January 1942
Commissioned	6 July 1942
Decommissioned	26 June 1964
Reclassified	Anti-submarine frigate (1954)
Motto	"Seek and Subdue"
Honours and awards	Battle honours: Mediterranean 1942 North Africa 1942–43 Atlantic 1943 Indian Ocean 1943–44 East Indies 1944 Pacific 1944–45 Okinawa 1945 Japan 1945
Fate	Sold for scrap in 1972
General characteristics (as launched)
Class and type	Q-class destroyer
Displacement	1,705 tons standard 2,424 tons deep load
Length	361 ft 1.5 in (110.071 m) length overall 339 ft 6 in (103.48 m) between perpendiculars
Beam	35 ft 8 in (10.87 m)
Propulsion	2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, Parsons Impulse turbines, 40,000 shp (30,000 kW)
Speed	32.7 knots (60.6 km/h; 37.6 mph)
Range	1,150 nautical miles (2,130 km; 1,320 mi) at 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) 3,560 nautical miles (6,590 km; 4,100 mi) at 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph)
Complement	8 officers, 181 sailors
Armament	4 × QF 4.7-inch (120 mm) guns 1 × quadruple 2-pounder (40 mm) pom-pom AA guns 6 × 20 mm Oerlikon AA guns 4 × Depth charge throwers 2 × quadruple 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tube sets
General characteristics (post conversion)
Type	Modified Type 15 frigate
Draught	15.5 ft (4.7 m)
Range	4,040 nautical miles (7,480 km; 4,650 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)

HMAS Quiberon (G81/D20/D281/F03) was a Q-class destroyer of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Although built for the Royal Navy and remaining British property until 1950, Quiberon was one of two Q-class destroyers commissioned into the RAN during World War II. She was passed into full RAN ownership in 1950, and converted into an anti-submarine frigate.