HMS Quentin (G78)
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| Career (United Kingdom) |
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| Name: |
HMS Quentin (G78) |
| Builder: |
J. Samuel White and Company |
| Laid down: |
25 September 1940 |
| Launched: |
5 November 1941 |
| Commissioned: |
15 April 1942 |
| Fate: |
Torpedoed, 2 December 1942 |
| General characteristics |
| Class and type: |
Q-class destroyer |
HMS Quentin (G78) 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. Quentin attacked and sank the enemy German submarine U-162 while in company with the destroyers Vimy and Pathfinder in the Caribbean near Trinidad on 3 September 1942. Quentin was torpedoed by German aircraft and sank off North Africa on 2 December 1942, only hours after her participation on the successful battle of Skerki Bank. Coordinates: 37°32′N 08°32′E / 37.533°N 8.533°E / 37.533; 8.533
[edit] References
- Raven, Alan; Roberts, John (1978). War Built Destroyers O to Z Classes. London: Bivouac Books. ISBN 0-85680-010-4.
- Whitley, M. J. (1988). Destroyers of World War 2. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-326-1.
