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Ca.1943: HMAS QUIBERON with the RN Eastern Fleet's 7th Flotilla, Indian Ocean - RAN Historical.
4409. In 1943, after service off North Africa and in the Atlantic, HMAS QUIBERON [above] and her sister ship HMAS QUICKMATCH joined the Royal Navy Eastern Fleet's 7th Destroyer Flotilla, based at Kilindini, in Kenya.
After the Japanese carrier raid disasters of early 1942, the RN moved its Indian Ocean bases farther west, essentially abandoning Trincomalee until 1944.
Combined with the RAN 'N' Class destroyers, Australian ships made up a significant part of the 7th Destroyer Flotilla, as the 'Scrap Iron' V&W Class ships with STUART had done in the 10th Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean earlier.
Photo: Original source unknown, it appears in the RAN's Navy Heritage Collection, image ID NO. 04434.
Ca.1943: HMAS QUIBERON with the RN Eastern Fleet's 7th Flotilla, Indian Ocean - RAN Historical.
4409. In 1943, after service off North Africa and in the Atlantic, HMAS QUIBERON [above] and her sister ship HMAS QUICKMATCH joined the Royal Navy Eastern Fleet's 7th Destroyer Flotilla, based at Kilindini, in Kenya.
After the Japanese carrier raid disasters of early 1942, the RN moved its Indian Ocean bases farther west, essentially abandoning Trincomalee until 1944.
Combined with the RAN 'N' Class destroyers, Australian ships made up a significant part of the 7th Destroyer Flotilla, as the 'Scrap Iron' V&W Class ships with STUART had done in the 10th Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean earlier.
Photo: Original source unknown, it appears in the RAN's Navy Heritage Collection, image ID NO. 04434.