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Nov. 3, 1946: QUIBERON prepares to dock in Melbourne - Allan C. Green [1878-1954] SLV.
760. QUIBERON was the last of the four RAN 'Q' Class destroyers converted to a 'Type 15' fast anti-submarine frigate.
Her conversion was done at Cockatoo Island Dockyard, and she was re-commissioned on Dec. 18 1957.
A couple of months later, on Feb. 26, 1958, during a Royal Visit she was host to Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother, carrying that lady from Manly to Sydney Cove. She left Australia soon after to conduct anti-piracy patrols off Borneo.
The ship had 14 years ahead as an antisubmarine frigate. On Monday, April 10, 1972, ex-HMAS QUIUBERON, together withex- HMAS TOBRUK, was towed out of Sydney Harbour for scrapping at Moji in Japan [pic 291].
The tug SUMI MARU No. 18, then returned to Sydney to collect the frigates ex-HMAS GASCOYNE and ex-HMAS QUICKMATCH for a similar fate.
Photo: Allan C. Green [1878-1954] Green Collection, State Library of Victoria. Copyright expired - this usage permitted.
Nov. 3, 1946: QUIBERON prepares to dock in Melbourne - Allan C. Green [1878-1954] SLV.
760. QUIBERON was the last of the four RAN 'Q' Class destroyers converted to a 'Type 15' fast anti-submarine frigate.
Her conversion was done at Cockatoo Island Dockyard, and she was re-commissioned on Dec. 18 1957.
A couple of months later, on Feb. 26, 1958, during a Royal Visit she was host to Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother, carrying that lady from Manly to Sydney Cove. She left Australia soon after to conduct anti-piracy patrols off Borneo.
The ship had 14 years ahead as an antisubmarine frigate. On Monday, April 10, 1972, ex-HMAS QUIUBERON, together withex- HMAS TOBRUK, was towed out of Sydney Harbour for scrapping at Moji in Japan [pic 291].
The tug SUMI MARU No. 18, then returned to Sydney to collect the frigates ex-HMAS GASCOYNE and ex-HMAS QUICKMATCH for a similar fate.
Photo: Allan C. Green [1878-1954] Green Collection, State Library of Victoria. Copyright expired - this usage permitted.