HMS Quorn

HMS Quorn

Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS "Quorn", named after the Quorn hunt:

* The first "Quorn", launched in 1916 was a Hunt-class minesweeper that served in World War I and was sold in 1922.
* The second "Quorn" (L66), launched in 1940, was a Hunt-class destroyer sunk by the Germans in 1944.
* The third and current "Quorn" (M41), launched in 1988, is a minesweeper of another Hunt class.

External links

* [http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/static/pages/5099.html History of HMS Quorn from the Royal Navy]


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