HMS Quantock (L58)

HMS Quantock c.1941 (IWM)
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Quantock
Ordered	11 April 1939
Builder	Scotts, Greenock
Laid down	26 July 1939
Launched	22 April 1940
Commissioned	6 February 1941
Identification	Pennant number:L58
Fate	Sold to Ecuadorian Navy
Badge	On a Field Green, in front of two antlers in saltire a bugle horn palewise Gold.
History
Ecuador
Name	Presidente Alfaro
Acquired	18 October 1954
Commissioned	16 August 1955
Decommissioned	1978
Identification	DD1
Fate	Scrapped
General characteristics
Class and type	Type I Hunt-class destroyer
Displacement	1,050 long tons (1,070 t) standard 1,430 long tons (1,450 t) full load
Length	85.3 m (279 ft 10 in) o/a
Beam	9.6 m (31 ft 6 in)
Draught	2.51 m (8 ft 3 in)
Propulsion	2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers 2 shaft Parsons geared turbines, 19,000 shp (14,170 kW)
Speed	27.5 knots (31.6 mph; 50.9 km/h) 26 kn (29.9 mph; 48.2 km/h) full
Range	3,500 nmi (6,500 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h) 1,000 nmi (1,850 km) at 26 kn (48 km/h)
Complement	164
Armament	4 × QF 4-inch (102 mm) Mark XVI guns on twin mounts Mk. XIX 4 × QF 2-pounder (40 mm) Mk. VIII AA guns on quad mount MK.VII 2 × 20 mm Oerlikon AA guns on single mounts P Mk. III 50 depth charges, 2 throwers, 1 rack

HMS Quantock was a Type I Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy which served in World War II. She was sold to Ecuador in 1954 where she served as Presidente Alfaro.