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HMAS ''Queenborough'' (G70/D270/F02/57) (originally HMS ''Queenborough'' (G70/D19)) was a Q-class destroyer that served in the Royal Navy (RN) and Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Constructed during World War II as part of the War Emergency Programme, ''Queenborough'' was laid down in 1940 and launched in 1942, serving in the Arctic, Mediterranean, and Pacific theatres. After the war ended, the ship was transferred on loan to the RAN in exchange for an N class destroyer, then given to Australia as a gift in 1950. ''Queenborough'' was converted to an anti-submarine frigate, and served with the RAN until 1966. During this time, she was deployed to the Far East Strategic Reserve on multiple occasions, participated in numerous fleet exercises, and took on a partial training role. She was decommissioned and placed in reserve, but reactivated in 1969 as a training ship. ''Queenborough'' remained in service for another three years, until a series of mechanical and structural faults required that she be retired, decommissioning in 1972 and being scrapped in Hong Kong in 1975. ==Design and construction== (詳細はnamed after the town of Queenborough in Kent, England, ''Queenborough'' was laid down by Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson at Wallsend-on-Tyne on 6 November 1940.〔Bastock, ''Australia's Ships of War'', p. 157〕〔Cassells, ''The Destroyers'', p. 92〕 She was launched on 16 January 1942, commissioned into the RN on 15 September, and completed on 10 December.〔 She cost £725,000 to complete.〔Gillett, ''Warships of Australia'', p. 163〕 The main armament for ''Queenborough'' consisted of four single 4.7 inch QF Mark IX guns, two before and two aft of the main superstructure.〔 Secondary weapons included a quadruple-mounting QF 2-pounder Mark VIII pom-pom located just aft of the funnel, and six single Oerlikon 20 mm cannons provided anti-air capability, while eight Mark VIII torpedo tubes (4 forward, 4 aft) firing 21 inch Mark IX torpedoes for anti-ship engagements.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMAS Queenborough (G70)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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