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Dec. 1942: destroyer HMS QUEENSBOROUGH comissioned at Wallsend-on-Tyne - James Henry Cleet FRPS [1876-1959].
1378. In Royal Navy service during WWII HMS QUEENSBOROUGH served with distinction on Arctic convoys, in the Mediterranean, Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Of the five Q Class destroyers with RAN connections, only HMAS QUICKMATCH and HMAS QUIBERON were formally commissioned into the RAN and Australian-manned. They and the other ships, HMSs QUEENBOROUGH, QUADRANT and QUALITY often served in company, and operated as a squadron with the British Pacific Fleet in the latter stages of the war.
What's known is that all five ended up in Sydney in late 1945 after the surrender in Tokyo Bay, and there was some crew swapping from the four 'N' Class destroyers that were reverting to the Royal Navy for return to Britain. The five 'Q's remained with the RAN initially on loan until presented outright in the early 1950s. As is well known, and discussed earlier, four of the five were then converted to Type 15 fast anti-submarine frigates.
Photo: James Henry Cleet [1876-1959] FRPS, AT Imperial War Museum, this copy from the Terry Dickens Collection, it has appeared on the World Naval Ships Forums website, and appears here with permission of Terry [forum Moderator AstralTrader].
Dec. 1942: destroyer HMS QUEENSBOROUGH comissioned at Wallsend-on-Tyne - James Henry Cleet FRPS [1876-1959].
1378. In Royal Navy service during WWII HMS QUEENSBOROUGH served with distinction on Arctic convoys, in the Mediterranean, Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Of the five Q Class destroyers with RAN connections, only HMAS QUICKMATCH and HMAS QUIBERON were formally commissioned into the RAN and Australian-manned. They and the other ships, HMSs QUEENBOROUGH, QUADRANT and QUALITY often served in company, and operated as a squadron with the British Pacific Fleet in the latter stages of the war.
What's known is that all five ended up in Sydney in late 1945 after the surrender in Tokyo Bay, and there was some crew swapping from the four 'N' Class destroyers that were reverting to the Royal Navy for return to Britain. The five 'Q's remained with the RAN initially on loan until presented outright in the early 1950s. As is well known, and discussed earlier, four of the five were then converted to Type 15 fast anti-submarine frigates.
Photo: James Henry Cleet [1876-1959] FRPS, AT Imperial War Museum, this copy from the Terry Dickens Collection, it has appeared on the World Naval Ships Forums website, and appears here with permission of Terry [forum Moderator AstralTrader].