HMS Quentin (G78)

History
United Kingdom
Name:	HMS Quentin
Builder:	J. Samuel White and Company
Laid down:	25 September 1940
Launched:	5 November 1941
Commissioned:	15 April 1942
Identification:	pennant number: G78
Fate:	Torpedoed, 2 December 1942
General characteristics
Class and type:	Q-class destroyer

HMS Quentin was a Q-class destroyer laid down by J. Samuel White and Company, Limited, at Cowes on the Isle of Wight on 25 September 1940, launched on 5 November 1941 and commissioned on 15 April 1942. She saw service during the Second World War before being sunk in 1942 by German aircraft off North Africa.

Service history

Quentin attacked and sank the German submarine U-162 with the aid of destroyers Vimy and Pathfinder in the Caribbean Sea near Trinidad on 3 September 1942. Quentin and the Australian destroyer HMAS Quiberon depth charged and sank the Italian submarine Dessie off Algeria on 28 November 1942. Quentin was torpedoed by German aircraft and sank off North Africa on 2 December 1942, only hours after participating in the Battle of Skerki Bank.

Notes

References

• "Dessie Submarine 1937-1942". WreckSite.eu. Retrieved 8 December 2013. 
• Raven, Alan; Roberts, Johnitle (1978). War Built Destroyers O to Z Classes. London: Bivouac Books. ISBN 0-85680-010-4. 
• Whitley, M. J. (1988). Destroyers of World War 2. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-326-1. 

Coordinates: 37°32′N 08°32′E / 37.533°N 8.533°E / 37.533; 8.533

Q- and R-class destroyers
Q class	Royal Navy Quilliam [leader] Quadrant Quail Quality Queenborough Quentin Quiberon Quickmatch  Royal Australian Navy Quadrant Quality Queenborough Quiberon Quickmatch
R class	Royal Navy Rotherham [leader] Racehorse Raider Rapid Redoubt Relentless Rocket Roebuck
Other operators  Indian Navy Rajput (ex-Rotherham) Rana (ex-Raider) Ranjit (ex-Redoubt)  Royal Netherlands Navy Banckert (ex-Quilliam)
Preceded by: P class Followed by: S class
List of destroyers of the Royal Navy List of destroyers of the Royal Australian Navy

Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in December 1942
Shipwrecks	1 Dec: HMAS Armidale 2 Dec: Lupo, HMS Quentin 3 Dec: Empire Dabchick, HMS Penylan 4 Dec: Muzio Attendolo, HMS Traveller 6 Dec: USS Grebe 7 Dec: Ceramic 8 Dec: U-254, U-611 9 Dec: HMS Marigold 11 Dec: HMS Blean 12 Dec: HMS P222, Teruzuki 14 Dec: Canberra Maru 15 Dec: U-626 17 Dec: HMS Firedrake 18 Dec: HMS Partridge, Tenryū 25 Dec: HMS P48 26 Dec: U-357 27 Dec: U-336 28 Dec: Choyo Maru 29 Dec: USS Wasmuth 30 Dec: HMS Fidelity 31 Dec: HMS Achates, HMS Bramble, Friedrich Eckoldt, USS Rescuer Unknown date: HMS P311
Other incidents	9 Dec: HMS Porcupine 12 Dec: Empire Centaur, Tannenfels 14 Dec: HMS Argonaut
1941 1942 1943 November 1942 January 1943