HMS Quentin (G78)

HMS Quentin (G78)
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Quentin
Builder	J. Samuel White and Company
Laid down	25 September 1940
Launched	5 November 1941
Commissioned	15 April 1942
Identification	Pennant number: G78
Fate	Torpedoed, 2 December 1942
General characteristics Q class[1]
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	1,692 long tons (1,719 t) 2,411 long tons (2,450 t) full load
Length	358.25 ft (109.2 m) o/a
Beam	35.75 ft (10.9 m)
Draught	9.5 ft (2.9 m)
Propulsion	2 × Admiralty three-drum 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 (225 as flotilla leader)
Sensors and processing systems	Radar Type 290 air warning Radar Type 285 ranging & bearing
Armament	4 × QF 4.7 in (119 mm) Mk.IX guns, 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 (2×4) tubes for 21 in (533 mm) torpedoes Mk.IX up to 3 × throwers & 3 × racks, to 45 depth charges

HMS Quentin was a Q-class destroyer laid down by J. Samuel White and Company, Limited, at Cowes on the Isle of Wight on 25 September 1940, launched on 5 November 1941 and commissioned on 15 April 1942. She saw service during the Second World War before being sunk in 1942 by German aircraft off North Africa.