A similar lot of four plates for H.M. destroyers 'Pathfinder', 'Quadrant', 'Quilliam' and 'Saintes', each approximately -- 5 x 9in. (12.7 x 22.9cm.) (4)

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A similar lot of four plates for H.M. destroyers 'Pathfinder', 'Quadrant', 'Quilliam' and 'Saintes', each approximately -- 5 x 9in. (12.7 x 22.9cm.) (4)

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Pathfinder [ex-Onslaught, renamed August 1941]: 1,540 tons, 338½' x 35' launched 10.4.1941; badly damaged by Japanese aircraft off Ramree Island in the East Indies, 11.2.1945, but survived; target ship 1947 and b.u. 1948
Quadrant 1,705 tons, 339' x 36', launched 28.2.1942; joined Royal Australian Navy 1945, converted to frigate 1954, b.u. 1963
Quillam 1,725 tons, 339' x 36', launched 29.11.1941; sold to Dutch Navy 1945 and renamed Bankert; stricken 1957
Saintes 2,325 tons, 355' x 40', launched 19.71944; b.u. 1972

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