HMAS Quickmatch (G92)

HMAS Quickmatch in 1955
History
Australia
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
Decommissioned	26 April 1963
Reclassified	Anti-submarine frigate (1955)
Motto	"Swift to Strike"
Honours and awards	Battle honours: English Channel 1942 Atlantic 1943 Indian Ocean 1943–44 Sabang 1944 Pacific 1944–45 Okinawa 1945 Malaya 1957
Fate	Used as barracks ship until 1972, when she was sold for scrap
General characteristics (as launched)
Class and type	Q-class destroyer
Displacement	1,750 tons standard 2,420 tons deep load
Length	358 ft 3 in (109.19 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	31 knots (57 km/h; 36 mph)
Complement	220
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

HMAS Quickmatch (G92/D21/D292/F04) was a Q-class destroyer operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Although commissioned into the RAN in 1942, the ship was initially the property of the Royal Navy. Quickmatch served with both the British Eastern Fleet and British Pacific Fleet during World War II. In the 1950s, the destroyer was converted into an anti-submarine frigate. In 1957, Quickmatch operated in support of Malaya during the Malayan Emergency. The ship remained in service until 1963, and after use as an accommodation ship, was sold for scrap in 1972.