HMS Quentin

HMS Quentin (G78)

Navy:	Royal Navy
Type:	Destroyer
Class:	Q Class
Pennant:	G 78
Built by:	J. S. White & Co. (Cowes, U.K.)
Laid down:	25 Sep, 1940
Launched:	5 Nov, 1941
Commissioned:	15 Apr, 1942
Complement:	176
Lost:	2 Dec, 1942 Sunk by 2 torpedoes from Italian Torpedo aircraft, Western Mediterranean 40 miles N. of Cape Bon, Tunisia

History:	3 Sep, 1942 The German submarine U-162 was sunk in the Caribbean Sea near Trinidad, in position (c 12.21'N, 59.29'W), by depth charges from the British destroyers HMS Vimy, HMS Pathfinder and HMS Quentin. 28 Nov, 1942 The Italian Annaba, Algeria by the British destroyer HMS Quentin and the Australian destroyer HMAS Quiberon.