HMS Quorn (L66)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Quorn.

HMS Quorn 1940 IWM A 7063
HMS Quorn underway in 1940 (IWM)
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Quorn
BuilderJ. Samuel White and Co. at Cowes, Isle of Wight
Laid down22 August 1939
Launched27 March 1940
Commissioned21 September 1940
IdentificationPennant number: L66
Honours and
awards
  • North Sea 1941-45
  • English Channel 1942-44
  • Adriatic 1944
FateSunk 3 August 1944 off the Normandy coast
BadgeOn a Field Red, a lion's gamb erased holding a hunting horn Gold.
General characteristics
Class and typeHunt-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 1,000 long tons (1,016 t) standard
  • 1,340 long tons (1,362 t) full load
Length85 m (278 ft 10 in) o/a
Beam8.8 m (28 ft 10 in)
Draught3.27 m (10 ft 9 in)
Propulsion
Speed
  • 27.5 knots (31.6 mph; 50.9 km/h)
  • 26 kn (30 mph; 48 km/h) full
Range
  • 3,500 nmi (6,500 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h)
  • 1,000 nmi (1,900 km) at 26 kn (48 km/h)
Complement146
Armament

HMS Quorn was a Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy, built in 1940 and sunk off the Normandy coast on 3 August 1944. The class were named after British fox and stag hunts, in this case, the Quorn Hunt, which was originally based in Quorn Leicestershire.[1]

Quorn was built by J. Samuel White and Co. at Cowes, Isle of Wight. A Type 1 Hunt-class destroyer, she was launched on 27 March 1940 and completed on 21 September 1940 with the pennant number L66.[2] She was adopted by the civil community of Rushden, Northamptonshire, as part of Warship Week in 1942.

  1. ^ The 'Hunt' class destroyer at WW2Today.com
  2. ^ Mason, Geoffrey B. (2004). Gordon Smith (ed.). "HMS Quorn (L 66) - Type I, Hunt-class Escort Destroyer". naval-history.net. Retrieved 4 May 2015.