Q and R class destroyer

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HMS Quality
Q-class
General Characteristics
Displacement:	1,692 tonnes
Length:	359 feet
Propulsion:	Geared turbines, 2 shafts
Speed:	36 knots
Complement:	176 men
Armaments:	4 x single 4.7 in QF Mark XII on mounting CP Mk.XVIII 1 x quadruple 2 pdr "pom-pom" mounting Mk.VII AA 6 x single 20 mm Oerlikon AA (typically) 2 x quadruple tubes for 21 in torpedoes Mk.IX

For the R class of destroyers built between 1916 and 1917; see R class destroyer (1916)

The Q and R class was a class of sixteen destroyer escorts of the Royal Navy launched in 1941–1942. They were built as two flotillas, known as the 3rd and 4th Emergency Flotilla. They served as convoy escorts in World War II.

Contents 1 Q class 2 R class 3 Post-War 4 See also 5 Bibliography

[edit] Q class

• Quadrant (to Australia as HMAS Quadrant)
• Quail (lost on 18 June 1944)
• Quality (to Australia as HMAS Quality)
• Queenborough (to Australia as HMAS Queenborough )
• Quentin (lost on 2 December 1942)
• Quiberon (to Australia as HMAS Quiberon)
• Quickmatch (to Australia as HMAS Quickmatch)
• Quilliam (to the Netherlands as HNLMS Banckert)

[edit] R class

• Racehorse
• Raider
• Rapid
• Redoubt
• Relentless
• Rocket
• Roebuck
• Rotherham

[edit] Post-War

Following brief post-war careers, many destroyers were converted to anti-submarine frigates. Royal Navy conversions consisted of Type 15 frigate and Type 16 frigate (limited) programmes undertaken during 1951-52. The Royal Australian Navy converted all of their ships except HMAS Quality (scrapped 1958) to Type 15 frigates from 1953-57.

[edit] See also

List of destroyers of the Royal Navy

List of major warship classes of the Royal Australian Navy

[edit] Bibliography

• Destroyers of the Royal Navy, 1893-1981, Maurice Cocker, Ian Allan, ISBN 0-7110-1075-7
• Royal Navy Destroyers since 1945, Leo Marriot, Ian Allan, ISBN 0-7110-1817-0
• Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1922-1946, Ed. Robert Gardiner, Naval Institute Press, ISBN 0-87021-913-8
• Destroyers of World War II, An International Encyclopedia, M. J. Whiteley, Arms and Armour Press, 1988, ISBN 1-84509-521-8
• Warships of Australia, Ross Gillett, Illustrations Colin Graham, Rigby Limited, 1977, ISBN 0-7270-0472-7

War Emergency Programme destroyers

O and P class | Q and R class | S and T class | U and V class | W and Z class | C classes

List of destroyers of the Royal Navy