HMS Quail (G45)
Navy: | Royal Navy |
Type: | Destroyer |
Class: | Q Class |
Pennant: | G 45 |
Built by: | Hawthorn Leslie & Co. (Hebburn-on-Tyne, U.K.) |
Laid down: | 30 Sep, 1940 |
Launched: | 1 Jun, 1942 |
Commissioned: | 7 Jan, 1943 |
Complement: | 176 |
Lost: | 18 Jun, 1944 Damaged by a mines laid by U-453 (Lt.Cdr. Frhr.v.Schlippenbach), sank while on tow from Bari to Taranto, Italy. |
History: |
5 Jun, 2002 An Italian diver team, led by Claudia Serpieri, found the wreck of HMS Quail and filmed it. The ship lies at a depth of 90 meters. All the checkings made thereafter matched with HMS Quail. |