HMS Quality (G62)
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HMS Quality (G62) on 13 May 1944
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| Name: | HMS Quality |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson's Limited |
| Laid down: | 10 October 1940 |
| Launched: | 6 October 1941 |
| Commissioned: | 7 September 1942 |
| Decommissioned: | 8 October 1945 |
| Motto: | Age Dum Agis (Latin: Do as You Do) |
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| Fate: | Transferred to RAN |
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| Name: | HMAS Quality |
| Acquired: | 8 October 1945 |
| Commissioned: | 28 November 1945 |
| Decommissioned: | 25 January 1946 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap |
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| 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: | 31.5 knots (58.3 km/h; 36.2 mph) |
| Range: | 4,680 nautical miles (8,670 km; 5,390 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Complement: | 8 officers, 181 sailors |
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HMS Quality (G62/D18) was a Q-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy. Entering service in 1942, the destroyer served in several theatres of World War II. Following the war's conclusion, the ship was transferred to the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), commissioning as HMAS Quality (G62/D262) in late 1945. Unlike her sister ships, which were refitted as anti-submarine frigates, Quality was not modified, decommissioned after only 59 days of service, and was sold for scrap in 1958.
Quality was one of eight Q-class destroyers constructed as a flotilla under the War Emergency Programme. These ships had a standard displacement of 1,705 tons, and a deep load displacement of 2,424 tons. They were 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. The destroyers had a maximum speed of 31.5 knots (58.3 km/h; 36.2 mph), and a range of 4,680 nautical miles (8,670 km; 5,390 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph). The ship's company consisted of 8 officers and 181 sailors.
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.
Quality was laid down by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Limited at their Wallsend-on-Tyne shipyard on 10 October 1940. The destroyer was launched by the wife of the shipyard overseer on 6 October 1941. The destroyer was commissioned into the Royal Navy on 7 September 1942. Although commissioned as a Royal Navy vessel, a large portion of the ship's company were on loan from the RAN. Like all ships in the class, Quality was given a name starting with "Q": the ship's badge depicts an ingot of gold stamped with the Hallmarks of Quality from the assay offices at London and Edinburgh.
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