HMS Quail (G45)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Quail
Ordered	2 April 1940
Builder	Hawthorn Leslie & Company, Hebburn
Laid down	30 September 1940
Launched	1 June 1942
Commissioned	7 January 1943
Motto	'I will be prompt at a signal'
Honours and awards	Sicily 1943 Salerno 1943 Mediterranean 1943
Fate	Damaged by a mine on 15 November 1943 Sunk under tow on 18 May 1944
Badge	On a Field per fess Blue and Green, a quail White
General characteristics
Class and type	Q-class destroyer
Displacement	1,692 tons (1,720 tonnes) 2,411 tons (2,449 tonnes) full load
Length	358 ft 3 in (109.19 m) o/a
Beam	35 ft 9 in (10.90 m)
Draught	9 ft 6 in (2.90 m)
Propulsion	2 x Admiralty 3-drum water-tube boilers, Parsons geared steam turbines, 40,000 shp (30,000 kW) on 2 shafts
Speed	36 kn (67 km/h)
Range	4,675 nmi (8,658 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h)
Complement	176
Sensors and processing systems	Radar Type 290 air warning Radar Type 285 ranging & bearing
Armament	4 × QF 4.7 in Mk.XII (119 mm L/45) on single mounts CP Mk.XVIII 4 × QF 2 pdr Mk.VIII (40 mm L/39), quad mount Mk.VII 6 × QF 20 mm Oerlikon, single mount P Mk.III 8 (2x4) tubes for 21 in torpedoes Mk.IX up to 3 x throwers & 3 x racks, to 45 depth charges

HMS Quail was a Q-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She served during the Second World War but her career lasted less than a year before she was damaged by a mine and withdrawn from active service.