HMS Quorn (L66)
HMS Quorn underway in 1940 (IWM) | |
| History | |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Quorn |
| Builder | J. Samuel White and Co. at Cowes, Isle of Wight |
| Laid down | 22 August 1939 |
| Launched | 27 March 1940 |
| Commissioned | 21 September 1940 |
| Identification | Pennant number: L66 |
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| Fate | Sunk 3 August 1944 off the Normandy coast |
| Badge | On a Field Red, a lion's gamb erased holding a hunting horn Gold. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Hunt-class destroyer |
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| Length | 85 m (278 ft 10 in) o/a |
| Beam | 8.8 m (28 ft 10 in) |
| Draught | 3.27 m (10 ft 9 in) |
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| Complement | 146 |
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HMS Quorn was a Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy, built in 1940 and sunk off the Normandy coast on 3 August 1944. The class were named after British fox and stag hunts, in this case, the Quorn Hunt, which was originally based in Quorn Leicestershire.
Quorn was built by J. Samuel White and Co. at Cowes, Isle of Wight. A Type 1 Hunt-class destroyer, she was launched on 27 March 1940 and completed on 21 September 1940 with the pennant number L66. She was adopted by the civil community of Rushden, Northamptonshire, as part of Warship Week in 1942.