HMAS Quadrant

The Q class Type 15 Frigate HMAS Quadrant was billed as Australia's first nuclear age warship . Converted from a very tired WW2 destroyer her appearance was novel - the main armament was largely (valve) electronic .

Her career as such was only brief , from 1953 to 1957 .

Here in Farm Cove , she is probably not long out of conversion .

Behind her bow is HMAS Quality whose poor condition , along with budget cuts , saw her conversion cancelled .

Imagery Scanned from Navy Historic Archive

 

 

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