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| Name | HMS Quentin (G78) |
| Builder | J. Samuel White and Company |
| Laid down | 25 September 1940 |
| Launched | 5 November 1941 |
| Commissioned | 15 April 1942 |
| Fate | Torpedoed, 2 December 1942 |
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| Class and type | Q-class destroyer |
HMS Quentin (G78) 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. Quentin attacked and sank the enemy German submarine U-162 while in company with the destroyers Vimy and Pathfinder in the Caribbean near Trinidad on 3 September 1942. Quentin and HMAS Quiberon (
Royal Australian Navy) depth charged and sunk Dessie (
Regia Marina) off Algeria on November 28, 1942. Quentin was torpedoed by German aircraft and sank off North Africa on 2 December 1942, only hours after her participation on the successful battle of Skerki Bank.
37°32′N 08°32′E / 37.533°N 8.533°E / 37.533; 8.533
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