HMS Quiberon (G81)

HMS Quiberon (G81) was a Q-class destroyer laid down by J. Samuel White and Company, Limited, at Cowes on the Isle of Wight on 14 October 1940, launched on 31 January 1942 by Mrs. Tillard, wife of Rear Admiral S. D. Tillard, Flag Officer in Charge, Southampton and commissioned on 6 July 1942.

Quiberon was loaned to the Royal Australian Navy in 1942, served on North Atlantic convoy escort duty, supported the Allied landings in North Africa in October 1942, attacked and sank the enemy Italian submarine Dessiè off the Algerian coast on 28 November 1942, operated in North African waters on convoy and fleet escort duties, served on convoy escort duties in the Indian Ocean, took part in the carrier air strikes against Sabang in April 1944 and Surabaya in May 1944, took part in a series of fleet bombardments of the Japanese held Nicobar Islands in October 1944, took part in operations in support of the American seizure of Okinawa and attacks on the Japanese home islands, and served on occupation duties in Japan following the cessation of hostilities.

Quiberon paid off on 15 May 1950 and was transferred to the Royal Australian Navy as HMAS Quiberon.