Monthly Archives: October 2014

HMAS Quickmatch Class Q Class Type Destroyer/Anti-submarine Frigate Pennant G92 Builder J. Samuel White & Co Ltd, Cowes, Isle of Wright, England Laid Down 6 February 1941 Launched 11 April 1941 Launched by Mrs Shearman Commissioned 14 September 1942 Decommissioned 26 April 1963 Dimensions & Displacement Displacement 1,705 tons (as destroyer) 2,020 tons (as frigate)Continue reading “HMAS Quickmatch”

HMAS Queenborough (G70/D270/F02/57) (originally HMS Queenborough (G70/D19)) was a Q class destroyer that served in the Royal Navy (RN) and Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Constructed during World War II as part of the War Emergency Programme, Queenboroughwas laid down in 1940 and launched in 1942, serving in the Arctic, Mediterranean, and Pacific theatres. After theContinue reading “HMAS Queenborough”

HMS Queen Mary was the last battlecruiser built by the Royal Navy before World War I. The sole member of her class, Queen Mary shared many features with the Lion-classbattlecruisers, including her eight 13.5-inch (343 mm) guns. She was completed in 1913 and participated in the Battle of Heligoland Bight as part of the Grand FleetContinue reading “HMS Queen Mary”

USS Walke (DD-723), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, was the 3rd ship of the United States Navy to be named for Henry A. Walke, a Rear Admiral during the Mexican-American War and the American Civil War. The third Walke (DD-723) was laid down on 7 June 1943 atBath, Maine, by the Bath Iron Works; launchedContinue reading “USS Walke”