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HMAS Quickmatch in 1955

HMAS Quickmatch (G92/F04) was a Royal Australian Navy Q class destroyer. Quickmatch was built in England and commissioned in September 1942. The ship escorted convoys in the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans until May 1944 when she became part of the British Eastern Fleet. After a period in Australian waters she was assigned to the British Pacific Fleet in March 1945. Quickmatch was converted to an anti-submarine frigate between 1950 and 1955 and performed routine duties until she paid off to reserve in April 1963. HMAS Quickmatch was sold for scrap in February 1972.