HMS Quality (G62)

HMS Quality (G62) on 13 May 1944
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Quality
Builder	Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson's Limited
Laid down	10 October 1940
Launched	6 October 1941
Commissioned	7 September 1942
Decommissioned	8 October 1945
Motto	Age Dum Agis (Latin: Do as You Do)
Honours and awards	Battle honours: North Africa 1942–43 Sabang 1944 Okinawa 1945 Japan 1945
Fate	Transferred to RAN
Australia
Name	HMAS Quality
Acquired	8 October 1945
Commissioned	28 November 1945
Decommissioned	25 January 1946
Fate	Sold for scrap
General characteristics
Class and type	Q-class destroyer
Displacement	1,705 tons standard 2,424 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	31.5 knots (58.3 km/h; 36.2 mph)
Range	4,680 nautical miles (8,670 km; 5,390 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement	8 officers, 181 sailors
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

HMS Quality (G62/D18) was a Q-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy. Entering service in 1942, the destroyer served in several theatres of World War II. Following the war's conclusion, the ship was transferred to the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), commissioning as HMAS Quality (G62/D262) in late 1945. Unlike her sister ships, which were refitted as anti-submarine frigates, Quality was not modified, decommissioned after only 59 days of service, and was sold for scrap in 1958.