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Circa 1956: Three 'Q' Class anti-submarine frigates in the Yarra, QUICKMATCH mid-stream - RAN.
2685. Four of the RAN's five 'Q' class destroyers were converted to Type 15 fast anti-submarine frigates, but three together in one place is as many as could ever be seen in service.
In 1957, just four years after her conversion, HMAS QUADRANT's hull and engines were found to be unserviceable and she was paid off on August 16 that year before the conversion of the fourth ship, HMAS QUIBERON, was completed.
QUIBERON, the subject of the preceding photo, was re-commissioned as a frigate on December 18, 1957. A total of 23 Royal Navy destroyers underwent Type 15 frigate conversions, emerging with a somewhat different, full-width bridge structure to the RAN ships. The bridge of the RN ships was also farther forward, with the forward AA weapons mounted on top of the bridge.
Photo: Photo RAN Historical, Navy Heritage Collection image ID NO. 04174, the image appears in the Topmill Pty Ltd book 'Australian Warships and Auxiliaries of the 1940s' compiled by Jonathan Nally [Topmill, Sydney] p72 ; also Topmill's publication 'Australian Seapower: FRIGATES - Profile No. 6] Topmill Sydney, undated] p34.
Circa 1956: Three 'Q' Class anti-submarine frigates in the Yarra, QUICKMATCH mid-stream - RAN.
2685. Four of the RAN's five 'Q' class destroyers were converted to Type 15 fast anti-submarine frigates, but three together in one place is as many as could ever be seen in service.
In 1957, just four years after her conversion, HMAS QUADRANT's hull and engines were found to be unserviceable and she was paid off on August 16 that year before the conversion of the fourth ship, HMAS QUIBERON, was completed.
QUIBERON, the subject of the preceding photo, was re-commissioned as a frigate on December 18, 1957. A total of 23 Royal Navy destroyers underwent Type 15 frigate conversions, emerging with a somewhat different, full-width bridge structure to the RAN ships. The bridge of the RN ships was also farther forward, with the forward AA weapons mounted on top of the bridge.
Photo: Photo RAN Historical, Navy Heritage Collection image ID NO. 04174, the image appears in the Topmill Pty Ltd book 'Australian Warships and Auxiliaries of the 1940s' compiled by Jonathan Nally [Topmill, Sydney] p72 ; also Topmill's publication 'Australian Seapower: FRIGATES - Profile No. 6] Topmill Sydney, undated] p34.