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RAN RETROSPECTIVE. HMAS QUICKMATCH at Labuan, British North Borneo, 1961 - Graeme Andrews.
3245. The Type 15 converted fast anti-submarines frigate HMAS QUICKMATCH is seen here in early 1961 in one of her five tours of duty with the Far East Strategic Reserve, a period which saw her spend three successes Christmases in Hong Kong. She has called here at Labuan Island in British North Borneo, which in 1963 became port of the State of Sabah in the new Malaysian Federation.
North Borneo had been liberated by Australian Forces at the end of WWII, and again became a British Protectorate in the immediate postwar period. Graeme Edwards remembers it as a very quiet place, where the men of QUICKMATCH found their relaxation in a local RAF Club.
The ship here has an awning out over her forecastle, forward of the sentry on the dock.
Photo, GKA, reproduced with permission.
RAN RETROSPECTIVE. HMAS QUICKMATCH at Labuan, British North Borneo, 1961 - Graeme Andrews.
3245. The Type 15 converted fast anti-submarines frigate HMAS QUICKMATCH is seen here in early 1961 in one of her five tours of duty with the Far East Strategic Reserve, a period which saw her spend three successes Christmases in Hong Kong. She has called here at Labuan Island in British North Borneo, which in 1963 became port of the State of Sabah in the new Malaysian Federation.
North Borneo had been liberated by Australian Forces at the end of WWII, and again became a British Protectorate in the immediate postwar period. Graeme Edwards remembers it as a very quiet place, where the men of QUICKMATCH found their relaxation in a local RAF Club.
The ship here has an awning out over her forecastle, forward of the sentry on the dock.
Photo, GKA, reproduced with permission.