Editing HMAS Quadrant

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|Ship image=HMS Quadrant (D17) 1945.jpg
|Ship caption=HMS ''Quadrant'' in 1945
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|Ship country=United Kingdom
|Ship flag={{shipboxflag|United Kingdom|naval}}
|Ship namesake=The [[Quadrant (instrument)|navigational instrument]]
|Ship builder=[[R. and W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company Limited]]
|Ship laid down=24 September 1940
|Ship launched=28 February 1942
|Ship commissioned=26 November 1942
|Ship decommissioned=Late 1945
|Ship motto=
|Ship nickname=
|Ship honours=*'''Battle honours:'''
*[[Arctic convoys of World War II|Arctic]] 1942–3
*[[Battle of Okinawa|Okinawa]] 1945<ref name=Festberg>{{cite book |last=Festberg |first=Alfred N. |title=Heraldry in the Royal Australian Navy |publisher=Silverleaf Publishing |location=Melbourne, VIC |date=1981 |pages=56–7 |isbn=9780949746009}}</ref>
|Ship fate=Transferred to RAN
|Ship notes=
|Ship badge=
}}
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|Ship country=Australia
|Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Australia|naval-1913}}
|Ship acquired=October 1945
|Ship commissioned=18 October 1945
|Ship decommissioned=20 June 1947
}}
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|Ship recommissioned=16 July 1953
|Ship decommissioned=16 August 1957
|Ship reclassified=Anti-submarine frigate (1953)
|Ship motto="Seek and Smite"
|Ship nickname=
|Ship honours=
|Ship fate=Sold for scrap
|Ship notes=
|Ship badge=[[File:HMAS Quadrant crest.png|100px|Ship's badge]]
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{{Infobox ship characteristics
|Header caption=(as launched)
|Ship class=[[Q and R-class destroyer|Q-class]] [[destroyer]]
|Ship displacement=*1,750 tons standard load
*2,388 tons full load
|Ship length=*{{convert|358|ft|3|in|abbr=on}} [[length overall]]
*{{convert|339|ft|6|in|abbr=on}} [[between perpendiculars]]
|Ship beam={{convert|35|ft|8|in|abbr=on}}
|Ship draught=
|Ship propulsion=2 × [[Admiralty 3-drum boilers]], Parsons geared turbines, 40,000 SHP, two propellers
|Ship speed={{convert|31.5|kn}}
|Ship range=
|Ship complement=220
|Ship sensors=
|Ship EW=
|Ship armament=*4 × single [[4.7 inch QF Mark XII|4.7-inch QF Mark XI**]] guns
*1 × quadruple [[QF 2-pounder naval gun|2-pounder "pom-pom"]]
*6 × single [[Oerlikon 20 mm cannon|20&nbsp;mm Oerlikon]] guns
*2 × quadruple torpedo tube sets for [[British 21 inch torpedo|21 inch (533 mm)]] torpedoes
*4 × [[Depth charge thrower]]s, up to 70 depth charges
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|Ship type=Modified [[Type 15 frigate]]
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|Ship draught={{convert|15.5|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|Ship range={{convert|4040|nmi}} at {{convert|16|kn}}
|Ship complement=
|Ship sensors=
|Ship EW=
|Ship armament=*2 × 4-inch guns
*2 × 40&nbsp;mm Bofors cannons
*2 × [[Squid (weapon)|Squid]] anti-submarine mortars
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'''HMAS ''Quadrant'' (G11/D11/F01)''', named for the [[Quadrant (instrument)|navigational instrument]],<ref name=Cassells87/> was a [[Q and R-class destroyer|Q-class]] destroyer operated by the [[Royal Navy]] as '''HMS ''Quadrant'' (G67/D17)''' during World War II, and the [[Royal Australian Navy]] (RAN) from 1945 to 1957. The ship was built during the early 1940s as one of the [[War Emergency Programme destroyers]], and entered service in 1942.

During [[World War II]], ''Quadrant'' served as a convoy escort in the Arctic, South Atlantic, and Indian Oceans, and operated with the [[British Eastern Fleet|British Eastern]] and [[British Pacific Fleet|British Pacific]] Fleets. At the war's end, the ship was decommissioned and transferred to the RAN, which operated her for two years before placing her in reserve. In 1950, the ship was docked for conversion into an anti-submarine frigate. ''Quadrant'' was recommissioned in 1953, and operated with the RAN until 1957, when she was [[Ship commissioning#Ship decommissioning|paid off]]. The ship was sold for [[ship breaking|breaking]] in 1963.

==Design and construction==
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''Quadrant'' was built to the wartime [[Q and R-class destroyer|Q-class]] design; the third flotilla of [[War Emergency Programme destroyers]]. These ships had a displacement of 1,750 tons at standard load, and 2,388 tons at full load.<ref name=Cassells87>Cassells, ''The Destroyers'', p. 87</ref> The destroyer was {{convert|358|ft|3|in|1}} in [[length overall]], {{convert|339|ft|6|in|1}} long [[between perpendiculars]], and had a [[Beam (nautical)|beam]] of {{convert|35|ft|8|in|1}}.<ref name=Cassells87/> Propulsion was provided by two [[Admiralty 3-drum boilers]] connected to Parsons geared turbines; these provided {{convert|40,000|shp|lk=in}} to the destroyer's two [[propeller]]s.<ref name=Cassells88>Cassells, ''The Destroyers'', p. 88</ref> ''Quadrant'' could reach speeds of {{convert|31.5|kn}}.<ref name=Cassells87/> The [[ship's company]] consisted of 220 officers and sailors.<ref name=Cassells88/>

''Quadrant''{{'}}s armament (at the end of World War II) consisted of four single [[4.7 inch QF Mark XII|4.7-inch QF Mark XI**]] guns, a quadruple [[QF 2-pounder naval gun|2-pounder "pom-pom"]], six single [[Oerlikon 20 mm cannon|20&nbsp;mm Oerlikon]] anti-aircraft guns, and two quadruple torpedo tube sets for [[British 21 inch torpedo|{{convert|21|in|mm|adj=on|0}}]] torpedoes.<ref name=Cassells87/> The ship was also fitted with four [[depth charge thrower]]s, with up to 70 depth charges carried.<ref name=Cassells87/>

[[File:The British Pacific Fleet 1944-1945 ABS1209.jpg|thumb|upright|left|''Quadrant'' in 1944, while operating with the British Pacific Fleet]]
The destroyer was [[Keel laying|laid down]] by [[R. and W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company Limited]] at [[Hebburn-on-Tyne]], England on 24 September 1940.<ref name=Cassells87/> She was [[Ceremonial ship launching|launched]] on 28 February 1942 by the wife of one of the shipyard's directors.<ref name=Cassells87/> ''Quadrant'' was [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] into the [[Royal Navy]] on 26 November 1942.<ref name=Cassells87/>

==Royal Navy service==
During World War II, ''Quadrant'' served with the [[British Eastern Fleet|British Eastern]] and [[British Pacific Fleet|British Pacific]] Fleets.<ref name=GOV>{{cite web|url=http://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-quadrant |title=HMAS Quadrant |access-date=15 September 2008 |publisher=Sea Power Centre Australia}}</ref>

''Quadrant'' was engaged in convoy escort duties in the Arctic, South Atlantic, and Indian Oceans. She took part in the North African landings, aircraft carrier strikes against [[Surabaya]] and bombardment of the [[Nicobar Islands]]. She served with the British Pacific Fleet in 1945 where she took part in operations against [[Taiwan|Formosa]] (Taiwan), [[Okinawa Prefecture|Okinawa]], and the Japanese home islands.<ref name=GOV/>

==Transfer to RAN==
''Quadrant'' was loaned to the [[Royal Australian Navy]] (RAN) in exchange for the return of one of the [[J-, K- and N-class destroyer|N-class destroyers]]. ''Quadrant'' commissioned into the RAN on 18 October 1945, and was used to transport soldiers from [[New Guinea]] home to Australia.<ref name=Cassells88/> On 16 August 1947, the destroyer was [[Ship commissioning#Ship decommissioning|paid off]] into [[Reserve fleet|reserve]].<ref name=Cassells89>Cassells, ''The Destroyers'', p. 89</ref>

===Frigate conversion===
On 15 February 1950, the heavy cruiser {{HMAS|Australia|D84|6}} departed [[Sydney]] for [[Melbourne]] with ''Quadrant'' in tow.<ref name=GOV/> The vessels arrived at Melbourne on 18 February.<ref name=GOV/> Conversion of ''Quadrant'' to a fast anti-submarine frigate began at the [[Williamstown Naval Dockyard]] in Melbourne during April 1950.<ref name=Cassells88/>

{{stack|[[File:HMAS Quadrant (AWM 301196).jpg|thumb|HMAS ''Quadrant'' in 1953, after conversion into a frigate]]}}
During the conversion; all of ''Quadrant''{{'}}s previous armament was stripped off, and replaced with two 4-inch guns, two 40&nbsp;mm Bofors cannon, and two [[Squid (weapon)|Squids]] (ahead throwing anti-submarine weapons).<ref name=GOV/> The conversion was completed in mid 1953, and the ship recommissioned into the RAN on 16 July.<ref name=Cassells89/>

==RAN service==
After recommissioning, ''Quadrant''{{'}}s service was mainly in Australian waters. ''Quadrant'' escorted the [[Royal Yacht]] {{SS|Gothic|1947|2}} during the visit to Australia of [[Queen Elizabeth II]] and the [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh|Duke of Edinburgh]] in February 1954.<ref name=GOV/> ''Quadrant'' visited New Guinea, [[Manus Island|Manus]], and [[New Britain]] in October 1954, New Zealand in March 1955, and spent a period on exercises in Far East waters in June 1955. In March 1956, she took part in exercises in Malayan waters.<ref name=GOV/> During June 1956 she served for a period as a surveillance vessel with the Japanese pearling fleet in the [[Arafura Sea]]. In October 1956, ''Quadrant'' again proceeded to the Far East for further exercises, visiting [[Hong Kong]], [[Singapore]], and [[Manila]].<ref name=GOV/> By 1957 the frigate was already worn out and the decision to decommission the vessel was made before [[sister ship]] {{HMAS|Quiberon|G81|6}}{{'}}s frigate conversion was complete and after the premature decommissioning {{HMAS|Quality|G62|6}} due to hull failure.

==Decommissioning and fate==
''Quadrant'' paid off at Sydney on 16 August 1957 and was [[Ship breaking|sold for scrap]] to the Japanese firm of Kinoshita and Company Limited on 15 February 1963.<ref name=GOV/>

==Citations==
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==References==
*{{cite book |last=Cassells |first=Vic |title=The Destroyers: Their Battles and Their Badges |year=2000 |publisher=Simon & Schuster |location=East Roseville, NSW |isbn=0-7318-0893-2 |oclc=46829686}}
*{{Cite Colledge2006}}
*{{cite book|last=English|first=John|title=Obdurate to Daring: British Fleet Destroyers 1941–45|publisher=World Ship Society|location=Windsor, UK|year=2001|isbn=978-0-9560769-0-8}}
* {{cite book|last=Friedman|first=Norman|title=British Destroyers & Frigates: The Second World War and After|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland|date=2006|isbn=1-86176-137-6|author-link=Norman Friedman}}
* {{cite book|last=Lenton|first=H. T.|author-link=Henry Trevor Lenton|title=British & Empire Warships of the Second World War|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland|year=1998|isbn=1-55750-048-7}}
* {{cite book|last=Raven|first=Alan|last2=Roberts|first2=John |title=War Built Destroyers O to Z Classes|publisher=Bivouac Books|location=London|year=1978|isbn=0-85680-010-4|name-list-style=amp}}
* {{cite book|last=Rohwer|first=Jürgen|title=Chronology of the War at Sea 1939–1945: The Naval History of World War Two|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland|year=2005|edition=Third Revised|isbn=1-59114-119-2|author-link=Jürgen Rohwer}}
* {{cite book|last=Whitley|first=M. J.|title=Destroyers of World War 2|publisher=Naval Institute Press|year=1988|isbn=0-87021-326-1|location=Annapolis, Maryland|author-link=Michael J. Whitley}}
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[[Category:Ships built on the River Tyne]]
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