HMS Quilliam (G09)
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For other ships with the same name, see HNLMS Banckert.
HMS Quilliam (G09) was a Q-class destroyer serving in the Royal Navy from 1942 to 1945. She was then transferred to the Royal Netherlands Navy, where she was commissioned as HNLMS Banckert (D801) from until 1957.
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Quilliam |
Namesake | Lieutenant John Quilliam |
Builder | R. and W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company, Limited |
Laid down | 19 August 1940 |
Launched | 29 November 1941 |
Commissioned | 22 October 1942 |
Decommissioned | 21 November 1945 |
Identification | Pennant number G09 |
Fate | Transferred to the Royal Netherlands Navy |
Netherlands | |
Name | HNLMS Banckert |
Acquired | 21 November 1945 |
Decommissioned | April 1952 |
Stricken | 19 October 1956 |
Identification | D801 |
Fate | Sold for scrap in 1957 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Q-class destroyer |
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