HMS Quentin (G78)
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Template:Infobox ship imageTemplate:Infobox ship careerTemplate:Infobox ship characteristicsHMS 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.
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Quentin attacked and sank the German submarine Template:GS with the aid of destroyers Template:HMS and Template:HMS in the Caribbean Sea near Trinidad on 3 September 1942. Quentin and the Australian destroyer Template:HMAS depth charged and sank the Italian submarine Dessiè off Algeria on 28 November 1942. Quentin was torpedoed by German aircraft and sank off North Africa on 2 December 1942 with the loss of 20 men,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> only hours after participating in the Battle of Skerki Bank.
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