HMAS Queenborough (G70)
HMAS Queenborough (G70/D270/F02/57) (originally HMS Queenborough (G70/D19)) was a Q-class destroyer that served in the Royal Navy (RN) and Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Constructed during World War II as part of the War Emergency Programme, Queenborough was laid down in 1940 and launched in 1942, serving in the Arctic, Mediterranean, and Pacific theatres. After the war ended, the ship was transferred on loan to the RAN in exchange for an N class destroyer, then given to Australia as a gift in 1950.
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HMAS Queenborough (G70)
HMAS Queenborough (G70/D270/F02/57) (originally HMS Queenborough (G70/D19)) was a Q-class destroyer that served in the Royal Navy (RN) and Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Constructed during World War II as part of the War Emergency Programme, Queenborough was laid down in 1940 and launched in 1942, serving in the Arctic, Mediterranean, and Pacific theatres. After the war ended, the ship was transferred on loan to the RAN in exchange for an N class destroyer, then given to Australia as a gift in 1950.
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HMAS Queenborough (G70/D270/F0 ...... scrapped in Hong Kong in 1975.
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commissioning date
1942-09-15
completion date
1942-12-10
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decommissioning date
1963-07-10
1972-04-07
laying down
1940-11-06
motto
"Seek And Slay"
recommissioning date
1954-12-07
1966-07-28
ship launched
1942-01-16
status
Sold for scrap
Transferred to Royal Australian Navy
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737.152.516
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Ship armament
*1 × twin 4 inch HA/LA gun
*1 × twin Bofors 40 mm gun
*1 × Limbo anti-submarine mortar
*4 × single 4.7 inch QF guns
* ...... oes
*4 × depth-charge throwers
Ship commissioned
September 1945
Ship country
Ship decommissioned
September 1945
Ship honours
*Battle honours:
*Arctic 1942– ...... diterranean 1943
*Okinawa 1945
*Battle honours:
*Malaya 1957
Ship namesake
Town of Queenborough
Ship notes
Other characteristics as above
Ship reclassified
*Anti-submarine frigate
*Training ship
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HMAS Queenborough (G70/D270/F0 ...... o Australia as a gift in 1950.
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HMAS Queenborough (G70)
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Queenborough
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*Fighting 57
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*Queenbee
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