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July 6, 1972: Mothballed frigates HMAS GASCOYNE [I] and HMAS QUICKMATCH about to be towed from Melbourne - RAN Historical.
4802. Resting at Williamstown, the WWII River Class frigate HMAS GASCOYNE [I] and postwar Type 15 HMAS QUICKMATCH are about to be towed away by the tug SUMI MARU for scrapping by the Fujita Salvage Company in Osaka, Japan.
The difference in size between the frigates a generation apart is very evident, GASCOYNE having been 1,370 tons standard, and the converted former destroyer QUICKMATCH 2020 tons standard as a frigate. [she had been 1750 tons as a 'Q' Class destroyer].
QUICKMATCH ended her career as an accomodation ship at Williamstown Naval Dockyard.
Photo: RAN Histrorical, Navy Heritage Collection image NO. 04171.
July 6, 1972: Mothballed frigates HMAS GASCOYNE [I] and HMAS QUICKMATCH about to be towed from Melbourne - RAN Historical.
4802. Resting at Williamstown, the WWII River Class frigate HMAS GASCOYNE [I] and postwar Type 15 HMAS QUICKMATCH are about to be towed away by the tug SUMI MARU for scrapping by the Fujita Salvage Company in Osaka, Japan.
The difference in size between the frigates a generation apart is very evident, GASCOYNE having been 1,370 tons standard, and the converted former destroyer QUICKMATCH 2020 tons standard as a frigate. [she had been 1750 tons as a 'Q' Class destroyer].
QUICKMATCH ended her career as an accomodation ship at Williamstown Naval Dockyard.
Photo: RAN Histrorical, Navy Heritage Collection image NO. 04171.