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Q Ships were warships masquerading as unarmed merchant ships. They thus lured enemy submarines to their destruction. Q Ships were first used by the British during the Great War when they were commanded by Vice Admiral Gordon Campbell.
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The Qahir Al Amwaj is a British built, Oman Qahir Class corvette. The ship is based on a stealth version of the proven Mark 9 corvette. The hull and superstructure have been designed to minimise the radar cross section with features including the cladding of surfaces with radar absorbent material and angled sides to reduce the return signal to hostile radars.
The Qahir Al Amwaj class has speed of 25 knots in rough conditions. The maximum speed is attainable up to Sea State 5 and speed in excess of 15 knots is attainable in Sea State 6. The ship is equipped with the Exocet MM40 Block 2 missile. The two Exocet launchers each loaded with four missiles are located on the forecastle behind the Otobreda Super Rapid gun. The ship's short range surface-to-air missile system is the Thomson-CSF Crotale NG launch unit with the VT-1 missile. The Crotale eight-round launcher is mounted aft of the funnel. The electrically driven turret weighs four tons and includes a surveillance radar, identification friend or foe, an electro-optical system, and two banks of four VT-1 missiles. The launcher slews round to the detected target at 5 radians per second horizontally and 1 radian per second vertically. Installed on the forecastle of the corvette is an Otobreda 76 millimetre 62 Super Rapid gun, with a range of 16 kilometres and a firing rate of 120 rounds per minute. On each side of the ship on the port and starboard side decks is an Oerlikon/BAE Systems 20 millimetre gun, model GAM-BO1. The flight deck aft is of sufficient size to launch or recover a helicopter to the size of a Super Puma. The ship is designed for operation with a complement of 60 crew. Accommodation is provided for 9 officers, 21 senior ratings and 30 junior ratings.
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The QENS Al Deebel is a British built, Qatar Barzan Class fast strike craft. The design is a derivative of the Vosper Thornycroft 56 metre patrol craft built for Oman and Kenya, with a redesigned internal arrangement and superstructure which has provided a second deck at tank level. Modification to the hull included increasing the freeboard amidships and flaring the topsides to widen the beam at the weather deck. The hull and superstructure design have incorporated features for reduction of radar cross section. Active roll damping fin stabilisers have been added for operation in high sea states. The Vita class incorporates watertight zoning to meet the British Royal Navy stability requirements of flooding in two adjacent main compartments. The overall length is 56m with waterline length, 52m. The moulded breadth is 9m and the draught amidships is 2.5m. The displacement is 380 tonnes. The fresh water capacity is 8. 0 tonnes and the oil fuel capacity is 8.0 tonnes and the oil fuel capacity 44 tonnes.
The Vita class carries a complement of seven officers, twelve senior ratings, twelve junior ratings and four trainees. The ship is driven by four MTU 20V 538 TB93 diesels, 18740 hp, in two machinery spaces, each driving a fixed pitch propeller. The two machinery spaces are capable of being operated independently. One man operation from the bridge of the propulsion, electrical generation and auxiliary systems is possible using a machinery control and surveillance system. The maximum speed is 35 knots and the range is in excess of 1800nm at 12 knots. The ship is equipped with two quadruple launchers for Aerospatiale MM40 Exocet surface to surface sea-skimming missiles. Each of the two installations with four launcher containers. The surface to air missile system is the Matra Bae Dynamics Sadral sextuple launcher with Mistral. The ship is also armed with an Otobreda 76mm/62 Super Rapid gun, with 85 degree elevation, a rate of fire of 120 rounds per minute, and a range of 16km, and a Goalkeeper close in defence system.
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The QENS Al Udeid is a British built, Qatar Barzan Class fast strike craft. The design is a derivative of the Vosper Thornycroft 56 metre patrol craft built for Oman and Kenya, with a redesigned internal arrangement and superstructure which has provided a second deck at tank level. Modification to the hull included increasing the freeboard amidships and flaring the topsides to widen the beam at the weather deck. The hull and superstructure design have incorporated features for reduction of radar cross section. Active roll damping fin stabilisers have been added for operation in high sea states. The Vita class incorporates watertight zoning to meet the British Royal Navy stability requirements of flooding in two adjacent main compartments. The overall length is 56m with waterline length, 52m. The moulded breadth is 9m and the draught amidships is 2.5m. The displacement is 380 tonnes. The fresh water capacity is 8. 0 tonnes and the oil fuel capacity is 8.0 tonnes and the oil fuel capacity 44 tonnes.
The Vita class carries a complement of 7 officers, 12 senior ratings, 12 junior ratings and 4 trainees. The ship is driven by four MTU 20V 538 TB93 diesels, 18740 hp, in two machinery spaces, each driving a fixed pitch propeller. The two machinery spaces are capable of being operated independently. One man operation from the bridge of the propulsion, electrical generation and auxiliary systems is possible using a machinery control and surveillance system. The maximum speed is 35 knots and the range is in excess of 1800nm at 12 knots. The ship is equipped with two quadruple launchers for Aerospatiale MM40 Exocet surface to surface sea-skimming missiles. Each of the two installations with four launcher containers. The surface to air missile system is the Matra Bae Dynamics Sadral sextuple launcher with Mistral. The ship is also armed with an Otobreda 76mm/62 Super Rapid gun, with 85 degree elevation, a rate of fire of 120 rounds per minute, and a range of 16km, and a Goalkeeper close in defence system.
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The QENS Barzan is a British built, Qatar Barzan Class fast strike craft of 380 tonnes displacement. The design is a derivative of the Vosper Thornycroft 56 metre patrol craft built for Oman and Kenya, with a redesigned internal arrangement and superstructure which has provided a second deck at tank level. Modification to the hull included increasing the freeboard amidships and flaring the topsides to widen the beam at the weather deck. The hull and superstructure design have incorporated features for reduction of radar cross section. Active roll damping fin stabilisers have been added for operation in high sea states. The Vita class incorporates watertight zoning to meet the British Royal Navy stability requirements of flooding in two adjacent main compartments.
She carries a complement of seven officers, twelve senior ratings, twelve junior ratings and four trainees. The ship is driven by four MTU 20V 538 TB93 diesels, 18740 hp, in two machinery spaces, each driving a fixed pitch propeller. The two machinery spaces are capable of being operated independently. One man operation from the bridge of the propulsion, electrical generation and auxiliary systems is possible using a machinery control and surveillance system. The maximum speed is 35 knots and the range is in excess of 1800nm at 12 knots. The ship is equipped with two quadruple launchers for Aerospatiale MM40 Exocet surface to surface sea-skimming missiles. Each of the two installations with four launcher containers. The surface to air missile system is the Matra Bae Dynamics Sadral sextuple launcher with Mistral. The ship is also armed with an Otobreda 76mm/62 Super Rapid gun, with 85 degree elevation, a rate of fire of 120 rounds per minute, and a range of 16km, and a Goalkeeper close in defence system.
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The QENS Huwar is a British built, Qatar Barzan Class fast strike craft of 380 tonnes displacement. The design is a derivative of the Vosper Thornycroft 56 metre patrol craft built for Oman and Kenya, with a redesigned internal arrangement and superstructure which has provided a second deck at tank level. Modification to the hull included increasing the freeboard amidships and flaring the topsides to widen the beam at the weather deck. The hull and superstructure design have incorporated features for reduction of radar cross section. Active roll damping fin stabilisers have been added for operation in high sea states. The Vita class incorporates watertight zoning to meet the British Royal Navy stability requirements of flooding in two adjacent main compartments.
The Vita class carries a complement of seven officers, twelve senior ratings, twelve junior ratings and four trainees. The ship is driven by four MTU 20V 538 TB93 diesels, 18740 hp, in two machinery spaces, each driving a fixed pitch propeller. The two machinery spaces are capable of being operated independently. One man operation from the bridge of the propulsion, electrical generation and auxiliary systems is possible using a machinery control and surveillance system. The maximum speed is 35 knots and the range is in excess of 1800nm at 12 knots. The ship is equipped with two quadruple launchers for Aerospatiale MM40 Exocet surface to surface sea-skimming missiles. Each of the two installations with four launcher containers. The surface to air missile system is the Matra Bae Dynamics Sadral sextuple launcher with Mistral. The ship is also armed with an Otobreda 76mm/62 Super Rapid gun, with 85 degree elevation, a rate of fire of 120 rounds per minute, and a range of 16km, and a Goalkeeper close in defence system.
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HMAS Quadrant was a British-built Australian Queensborough Class destroyer of 1705 tons displacement launched in 1942 and lent to the Royal Australian Navy in 1945. HMAS Quadrant was powered by two Admiralty 3-drum type boilers and carried a complement of 220. She was armed with four 4.7 inch guns; four 2 pdr guns; two 40 mm anti-aircraft guns; 20 mm anti-aircraft guns and eight 21 inch torpedo tubes.
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HMAS Quail was a British-built Australian Queensborough Class destroyer of 1705 tons displacement launched in 1942 and lent to the Royal Australian Navy in 1945 and sunk during the Second World War. HMAS Quail was powered by two Admiralty 3-drum type boilers and carried a complement of 220. She was armed with four 4.7 inch guns; four 2 pdr guns; two 40 mm anti-aircraft guns; 20 mm anti-aircraft guns and eight 21 inch torpedo tubes.
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The USS Quail was an American Auk Class minesweeper of 890 tons displacement launched in 1944. The USS Quail was powered by diesel engines providing a top speed of 18 knots and carried a complement of 105. She was armed with one 3 inch dual-purpose gun and two 40 mm anti-aircraft guns.
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HMS Qualicum was a British Bangor Class minesweeper of about 665 tons displacement launched in 1941. HMS Qualicum was powered by two 3-drum small tube type boilers providing a top speed of 16 knots. She carried a complement of 60 and was armed with one 3 inch anti-aircraft gun; two 20 mm anti-aircraft guns and four machine-guns.
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HMAS Quality was a British-built Australian Queensborough Class destroyer of 1705 tons displacement launched in 1942 and lent to the Royal Australian Navy in 1945. HMAS Quality was powered by two Admiralty 3-drum type boilers and carried a complement of 220. She was armed with four 4.7 inch guns; four 2 pdr guns; two 40 mm anti-aircraft guns; 20 mm anti-aircraft guns and eight 21 inch torpedo tubes.
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HMS Quantock was a British No 1 Type Hunt Class destroyer of 1000 tons displacement designed for escort duties and launched in 1940. HMS Quantock was powered by two Admiralty 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 27.5 knots and carried a complement of 146. She was armed with four 4 inch anti-aircraft guns; one 2 pdr gun and two 20 mm anti-aircraft guns.
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Originally a quarter-deck was a smaller deck situated above the half-deck, and covering about a quarter of the ship. The term became applied to that part of the upper or spar deck which extended between the stern and the aftermast of a large sailing ship and which was reserved for the sue of superior officers and cabin passengers.
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The Quartier Maitre Anquetil is a French D'Estienne D'Orves (Type A 69) class frigate of 950 tons displacement launched in 1976. She is crewed by 83 ratings and 7 officers and has a top speed of 23 knots and a range of 7200 km at 15 knots. She is armed with four Aerospatiale Exocet MM40 anti-ship missiles; one DCN 100 mm/55 Mod 68 CADAM automatic dual-purpose gun; two Oerlikon 20 mm anti-aircraft guns; four fixed torpedo tubes taking the ECAN L3 anti-submarine torpedo; one Creusot Loire 375 mm Mk 54 6-tubed trainable anti-ship mortar launcher.
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A quay is a landing-place substantially built along a line of coast or river bank, or round a harbour, and having posts and rings to which vessels may be moored, frequently also cranes and storehouses for the convenience of merchant ships.
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HMS Queen Elizabeth was a British Fast Division Queen Elizabeth Class dreadnought (Battleship) of 27500 tons displacement launched in 1913. She carried a complement of between 955 and 1016 and was powered by a Parsons turbine and Admiralty 3-drum type oil fuelled boilers providing 75000 hp and a top speed of 24 knots. Armaments consisted of eight 15 inch guns, twelve 6 inch guns, two 3-inch anti-aircraft guns, four 3 pounder guns, five machine-guns and four submerged 21 inch torpedo tubes.
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The Queen Elizabeth II (popularly known as the QE2) was a British luxury cruise liner of 70327 tons, operated by the Cunard company. The Queen Elizabeth II was launched in 1967, and made her maiden voyage in 1969. She made her last voyage from Southampton on November the 11th 2008, setting off to become a floating hotel in Dubai.
During her long career, the Queen Elizabeth II completed five million miles, setting a world record in 2002 for distance travelled by a cruise liner. In May 1982 the Queen Elizabeth II was requisitioned for use as a troop ship by the British government during the Falklands War, before later being returned to merchant use.
The Queen Elizabeth II was the fastest merchant ship afloat at the time, 9-cylinder 58/64 medium speed turbo-charged diesel engines driving two 400-ton GEC electric motors provided a top speed of 32.5 knots. She carried a crew of 1016 and up to 1778 passengers.
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USS Queenfish was an American Balao Class submarine of 1525 tons displacement launched in 1943. USS Queenfish was powered by diesel engines providing a top speed of 21 knots, carried a complement of 75 and was armed with one 4-inch gun, two 20 mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft guns; six 21 inch bow torpedo tubes and four 21 inch stern torpedo tubes.
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USS Queenfish is an American Sturgeon Class attack submarine of 4960 tons displacement dived launched in 1966. USS Queenfish is powered by a Westinghouse pressurised-water cooled S5W nuclear reactor and two steam turbines providing a top speed of 30 knots dived. She carries a crew of 107 including 12 officers and is armed with Tomahawk nuclear missiles and four 21 inch Mk 63 torpedo tubes amidships taking the Gould Mk 48 torpedo.
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HMAS Queensborough was a British-built Australian Queensborough Class destroyer of 1705 tons displacement launched in 1942 and lent to the Royal Australian Navy in 1945. HMAS Queensborough was powered by two Admiralty 3-drum type boilers and carried a complement of 220. She was armed with four 4.7 inch guns; four 2 pdr guns; two 40 mm anti-aircraft guns; 20 mm anti-aircraft guns and eight 21 inch torpedo tubes.
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HMAS Quentin was a British-built Australian Queensborough Class destroyer of 1705 tons displacement launched in 1942 and lent to the Royal Australian Navy in 1945 and sunk during the Second World War. HMAS Quentin was powered by two Admiralty 3-drum type boilers and carried a complement of 220. She was armed with four 4.7 inch guns; four 2 pdr guns; two 40 mm anti-aircraft guns; 20 mm anti-aircraft guns and eight 21 inch torpedo tubes.
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The Queretaro was a Mexican sloop of 1300 tons displacement launched in 1934. The Queretaro was powered by Yarrow boilers providing a top speed of 20 knots and was armed with three 4-inch guns; four 25 mm anti-aircraft guns arranged in two twin mountings and eight 13 mm anti-aircraft guns. During the Second World War the Queretaro was stationed on the Atlantic coast.
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The USS Quest was an American Admirable Class minesweeper of 625 tons displacement launched in 1944. The USS Quest was powered by diesel engines providing a top speed of 14.5 knots and carried a complement of 104. She was armed with one 3 inch dual-purpose gun and four 40 mm anti-aircraft guns.
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HMAS Quiberon was a British-built Australian Queensborough Class destroyer of 1705 tons displacement launched in 1942 and lent to the Royal Australian Navy in 1943. HMAS Quiberon was powered by two Admiralty 3-drum type boilers and carried a complement of 220. She was armed with four 4.7 inch guns; four 2 pdr guns; two 40 mm anti-aircraft guns; 20 mm anti-aircraft guns and eight 21 inch torpedo tubes.
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The USS Quick was an American Buchanan Class destroyer of 1630 tons displacement launched in 1942. The USS Quick was powered by four Babcock and Wilcox oil-burning boilers providing a top speed of 36.5 knots. She carried a complement of 210 and was armed with four 5 inch guns; four 40 mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns; seven 20 mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft guns and five 21 inch torpedo tubes arranged in a quintuple arrangements.
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HMAS Quickmatch was a British-built Australian Queensborough Class destroyer of 1705 tons displacement launched in 1942 and lent to the Royal Australian Navy in 1943. HMAS Quickmatch was powered by two Admiralty 3-drum type boilers and carried a complement of 220. She was armed with four 4.7 inch guns; four 2 pdr guns; two 40 mm anti-aircraft guns; 20 mm anti-aircraft guns and eight 21 inch torpedo tubes.
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The Quidora (named after an Araucanian chief) was an American-built Chilean submarine of 335 tons displacement launched in 1915 for the British Royal Navy, but interned at Boston by the American government because the USA felt its then neutrality during the Great War prohibited supplying submarines to Britain. After America declared war in 1917 the Quidora was released, but was ceded to Chile in part payment for warships which had been built in Britain for Chile, but which had been appropriated by the Royal Navy. The Quidora was powered by Nelseco diesel engines providing a top speed of 12.75 knots surfaced and 10.25 knots submerged and a range of 4480 km on the surface or 48 km submerged. She carried a complement of 22 and was armed with four 18-inch torpedo tubes in the bow.
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USS Quillback was an American Balao Class submarine of 1525 tons displacement launched in 1944. USS Quillback was powered by diesel engines providing a top speed of 21 knots, carried a complement of 75 and was armed with one 4-inch gun, two 20 mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft guns; six 21 inch bow torpedo tubes and four 21 inch stern torpedo tubes.
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HMAS Quilliam was a British-built Australian Queensborough Class destroyer of 1705 tons displacement launched in 1942 and lent to the Royal Australian Navy in 1945 before being transferred to the Royal Netherland Navy. HMAS Quilliam was powered by two Admiralty 3-drum type boilers and carried a complement of 220. She was armed with four 4.7 inch guns; four 2 pdr guns; two 40 mm anti-aircraft guns; 20 mm anti-aircraft guns and eight 21 inch torpedo tubes.
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The USS Quincy was an American Minneapolis Class heavy cruiser of 9375 tons displacement launched in 1935. The USS Quincy was powered by eight Babcock and Wilcox boilers providing a top speed of 32.7 knots. She carried a complement of 594; four aircraft was armed with nine 8 inch guns; eight 5 inch anti-aircraft guns; two 3 pdr guns; ten smaller guns.
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The USS Quincy was an American Baltimore Class heavy cruiser of 13600 tons displacement launched in 1943. The USS Quincy was powered by eight Babcock and Wilcox oil-fired boilers providing a top speed of 33 knots and carried a complement of 1700 and four aircraft. She was armed with nine 8 inch guns; twelve 5 inch guns; forty-four 40 mm anti-aircraft guns and twenty-eight 20 mm anti-aircraft guns.
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The Quinquereme was a Roman war galley first recorded in the 4th century BC. The Quinquereme was similar to the Trireme in appearance, having three rows of oars and a single mast carrying a square sail. The Roman Quinquereme carried catapults and a compliment of 300 oarsmen and 120 marines.
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The Quintino Sella was an Italian Sella Class destroyer of 935 tons displacement launched in 1925. The Quintino Sella was powered by three Thornycroft oil-fired boilers with super heaters providing a top speed of 38 knots and carried a complement of 120. She was armed with four 4.7-inch guns; two 40 mm anti-aircraft guns two machine-guns and four 21-inch torpedo tubes arranged in two pairs.
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The Quito is an Ecuadorian Lurssen 45 class fast attack craft of 255 tons displacement launched in 1975. She is manned by a crew of 35, and powered by four MTU 16V 538 diesel engines rated at 14000 hp providing a top speed of 40 knots and a range of 1120 km. Armaments consist of four Aerospatiale Exocet MM38 anti-ship missiles; one OTO Melara 76 mm/62 compact gun; two Oerlikon 35 mm/90 guns in a single twin arrangement.
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HMS Quorn was a British No 1 Type Hunt Class destroyer of 1000 tons displacement designed for escort duties, launched in 1940 and sunk during the Second World War. HMS Quorn was powered by two Admiralty 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 27.5 knots and carried a complement of 146. She was armed with four 4 inch anti-aircraft guns; one 2 pdr gun and two 20 mm anti-aircraft guns.
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HMS Quorn is a British Hunt Class coastal minesweeper of 750 tons displacement fully loaded. HMS Quorn is powered by two Ruston-Paxman 9-59K Deltic diesel engines providing a top speed of 15 knots and a range of 1500 miles at 12 knots. She carries a crew of 45 including six officers and is armed with one Oerlikon/BMARC 30 mm/75 DS 30B dual-purpose gun; two Oerlikon/BMARC 20 mm GAM-CO1 guns and two 7.62 mm machine-guns.
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