HMAS Quickmatch in 1955
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History | |
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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 |
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Fate | Used as barracks ship until 1972, when she was sold for scrap |
General characteristics (as launched) | |
Class and type | Q-class destroyer |
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Length |
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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 |
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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.