HMAS Quickmatch
HMAS Quickmatch in 1955
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| Namesake: | The quick match, a fast burning match used for lighting cannon |
| Builder: | J. Samuel White and Company |
| Laid down: | 6 February 1941 |
| Launched: | 11 April 1942 |
| Commissioned: | 14 September 1942 |
| Decommissioned: | 15 May 1950 |
| Recommissioned: | 23 September 1955 |
| Decommissioned: | 26 April 1963 |
| Reclassified: | Anti-submarine frigate (1955) |
| Motto: | "Swift to Strike" |
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| Fate: | Used as barracks ship until 1972, when she was sold for scrap |
| General characteristics (as launched) | |
| Class and type: | Q-class destroyer |
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| Beam: | 35 ft 8 in (10.87 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, Parsons Impulse turbines, 40,000 shp (30,000 kW) |
| Speed: | 31 knots (57 km/h; 36 mph) |
| Complement: | 220 |
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HMAS Quickmatch (G92/D21/D292/F04) was a Q-class destroyer operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Although commissioned into the RAN in 1942, the ship was initially the property of the Royal Navy. Quickmatch served with both the British Eastern Fleet and British Pacific Fleet during World War II. In the 1950s, the destroyer was converted into an anti-submarine frigate. In 1957, Quickmatch operated in support of Malaya during the Malayan Emergency. The ship remained in service until 1963, and after use as an accommodation ship, was sold for scrap in 1972.
Quickmatch was one of eight Q-class destroyers constructed as a flotilla under the War Emergency Programme. She had a standard displacement of 1,750 tons, and a deep load displacement of 2,420 tons.Quickmatch was 358 feet 3 inches (109.19 m) long overall, and 339 feet 6 inches (103.48 m) long between perpendiculars, with a beam of 35 feet 8 inches (10.87 m). Propulsion was provided by two Admiralty 3-drum boilers connected to Parsons Impulse turbines, which generated 40,000 shaft horsepower (30,000 kW) for the propeller shafts.Quickmatch had a maximum speed of 31 knots (57 km/h; 36 mph). The ship's company consisted of 220 officers and sailors.
The ship's main armament consisted of four QF 4.7 inch Mk IX guns in single turrets. This was supplemented by a quadruple 2-pounder pom-pom, and six 20 mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft guns. Four depth-charge throwers were fitted, with a payload of 70 charges carried, and two quadruple 21-inch torpedo tube sets were fitted, although a maximum of eight torpedoes were carried.
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