HMS Quail

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.