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1950s. HMAS QUICKMATCH in her second prime - RAN.
624. The former WWII destroyer's conversion to a 'Q' Class or Type 15 fast anti-submarine frigate was completed at Williamstown Naval Dockyard on Sept 23, 1955.
With a broader enclosed super-structure, at 2,020 tons standard, 2,700 tons full load, she emerged from the dockyard somewhat heavier than the 1,705-2,500 ton ship that went in.
She was broken up in Japan in 1972.
Photo: RAN Official, it appears in Ross Gillett's book 'Warships of Australia' [Rigby Australia, 1977] p183.
1950s. HMAS QUICKMATCH in her second prime - RAN.
624. The former WWII destroyer's conversion to a 'Q' Class or Type 15 fast anti-submarine frigate was completed at Williamstown Naval Dockyard on Sept 23, 1955.
With a broader enclosed super-structure, at 2,020 tons standard, 2,700 tons full load, she emerged from the dockyard somewhat heavier than the 1,705-2,500 ton ship that went in.
She was broken up in Japan in 1972.
Photo: RAN Official, it appears in Ross Gillett's book 'Warships of Australia' [Rigby Australia, 1977] p183.