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noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Destroyer of the Royal Navy</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <table class="infobox" style="width:25.5em;border-spacing:2px;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;line-height:1.5em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:HMS_Quentin_(G78)_at_anchor_in_Plymouth_Sound,_in_1942_(FL_9023).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/HMS_Quentin_%28G78%29_at_anchor_in_Plymouth_Sound%2C_in_1942_%28FL_9023%29.jpg/300px-HMS_Quentin_%28G78%29_at_anchor_in_Plymouth_Sound%2C_in_1942_%28FL_9023%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/HMS_Quentin_%28G78%29_at_anchor_in_Plymouth_Sound%2C_in_1942_%28FL_9023%29.jpg/450px-HMS_Quentin_%28G78%29_at_anchor_in_Plymouth_Sound%2C_in_1942_%28FL_9023%29.jpg 1.5x, 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/84px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/112px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span><span style="padding-left:1em">United Kingdom</span></th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Name</td><td>HMS <i>Quentin</i></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Builder</td><td><a href="/wiki/J._Samuel_White_and_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="J. Samuel White and Company">J. Samuel White and Company</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Laid down</td><td>25 September 1940</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Launched</td><td>5 November 1941</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Commissioned</td><td>15 April 1942</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Identification</td><td><a href="/wiki/Pennant_number" title="Pennant number">Pennant number</a>: G78</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Fate</td><td>Torpedoed, 2 December 1942</td></tr> <tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">General characteristics Q class<sup id="cite_ref-lenton_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lenton-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Type</td><td><a href="/wiki/Destroyer" title="Destroyer">Destroyer</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Displacement</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1,692 long tons (1,719 t)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2,411 long tons (2,450 t) full load</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Length</td><td>358.25 ft (109.2 m) <a href="/wiki/Length_overall" title="Length overall">o/a</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Beam</td><td>35.75 ft (10.9 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Draught</td><td>9.5 ft (2.9 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Propulsion</td><td>2 × <a href="/wiki/Admiralty_three-drum_boiler" class="mw-redirect" title="Admiralty three-drum boiler">Admiralty three-drum boilers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Parsons_Marine_Steam_Turbines" class="mw-redirect" title="Parsons Marine Steam Turbines">Parsons</a> geared steam turbines, 40,000 shp (30,000 kW) on 2 shafts</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Speed</td><td>36 kn (67 km/h)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Range</td><td>4,675 nmi (8,658 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Complement</td><td>176 (225 as <a href="/wiki/Flotilla_leader" title="Flotilla leader">flotilla leader</a>)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Sensors and <br /> processing systems</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">Radar Type 290 air warning</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">Radar Type 285 ranging & bearing</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Armament</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">4 × <a href="/wiki/4.7_inch_QF_Mark_IX" class="mw-redirect" title="4.7 inch QF Mark IX">QF 4.7 in (119 mm) Mk.IX guns</a>, single mounts CP Mk.XVIII</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">4 × <a href="/wiki/QF_2_pounder_naval_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="QF 2 pounder naval gun">QF 2 pdr Mk.VIII</a> (40 mm L/39), quad mount Mk.VII</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">6 × <a href="/wiki/Oerlikon_20_mm_cannon" title="Oerlikon 20 mm cannon">QF 20 mm Oerlikon</a>, single mount P Mk.III</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">8 (2×4) tubes for <a href="/wiki/British_21_inch_torpedo" class="mw-redirect" title="British 21 inch torpedo">21 in (533 mm) torpedoes Mk.IX</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">up to 3 × throwers & 3 × racks, to 45 <a href="/wiki/Depth_charge" title="Depth charge">depth charges</a></li> </ul></td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><b>HMS <i>Quentin</i></b> was a <a href="/wiki/Q_and_R-class_destroyer" title="Q and R-class destroyer">Q-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Destroyer" title="Destroyer">destroyer</a> laid down by <a href="/wiki/J._Samuel_White_and_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="J. Samuel White and Company">J. Samuel White and Company</a>, Limited, at <a href="/wiki/Cowes" title="Cowes">Cowes</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Wight" title="Isle of Wight">Isle of Wight</a> on 25 September 1940, launched on 5 November 1941 and commissioned on 15 April 1942. She saw service during the <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">Second World War</a> before being sunk in 1942 by German aircraft off North Africa. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Service_history">Service history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Quentin_(G78)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Service history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Quentin</i> attacked and sank the German <a href="/wiki/Submarine" title="Submarine">submarine</a> <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-162_(1941)" title="German submarine U-162 (1941)"><i>U-162</i></a> with the aid of destroyers <a href="/wiki/HMS_Vimy" title="HMS Vimy"><i>Vimy</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/HMS_Pathfinder_(G10)" title="HMS Pathfinder (G10)"><i>Pathfinder</i></a> in the <a href="/wiki/Caribbean_Sea" title="Caribbean Sea">Caribbean Sea</a> near <a href="/wiki/Trinidad" title="Trinidad">Trinidad</a> on 3 September 1942. <i>Quentin</i> and the Australian destroyer <a href="/wiki/HMAS_Quiberon_(G81)" title="HMAS Quiberon (G81)">HMAS <i>Quiberon</i></a> <a href="/wiki/Depth_charge" title="Depth charge">depth charged</a> and sank the Italian submarine <i><a href="/wiki/Italian_submarine_Dessi%C3%A8" title="Italian submarine Dessiè">Dessiè</a></i> off <a href="/wiki/Algeria" title="Algeria">Algeria</a> on 28 November 1942. <i>Quentin</i> was torpedoed by German aircraft and sank off <a href="/wiki/North_Africa" title="North Africa">North Africa</a> on 2 December 1942 with the loss of 20 men,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> only hours after participating in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Skerki_Bank" title="Battle of Skerki Bank">Battle of Skerki Bank</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Quentin_(G78)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-lenton-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-lenton_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>British and Empire Warships of the Second World War</i>, H. 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style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Quilliam_(G09)" title="HMS Quilliam (G09)"><i>Quilliam</i></a> [leader]</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMAS_Quadrant" title="HMAS Quadrant"><i>Quadrant</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Quail_(G45)" title="HMS Quail (G45)"><i>Quail</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Quality_(G62)" title="HMS Quality (G62)"><i>Quality</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMAS_Queenborough" title="HMAS Queenborough"><i>Queenborough</i></a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>Quentin</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMAS_Quiberon_(G81)" title="HMAS Quiberon (G81)"><i>Quiberon</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMAS_Quickmatch_(G92)" title="HMAS Quickmatch (G92)"><i>Quickmatch</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Naval_Ensign_of_Australia.svg/23px-Naval_Ensign_of_Australia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Naval_Ensign_of_Australia.svg/35px-Naval_Ensign_of_Australia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Naval_Ensign_of_Australia.svg/46px-Naval_Ensign_of_Australia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Royal_Australian_Navy" title="Royal Australian Navy">Royal Australian Navy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMAS_Quadrant" title="HMAS Quadrant"><i>Quadrant</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Quality_(G62)" title="HMS Quality (G62)"><i>Quality</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMAS_Queenborough" title="HMAS Queenborough"><i>Queenborough</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMAS_Quiberon_(G81)" title="HMAS Quiberon (G81)"><i>Quiberon</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMAS_Quickmatch_(G92)" title="HMAS Quickmatch (G92)"><i>Quickmatch</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;">R class</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th id="23x20px&#124;border_&#124;alt=&#124;link=_Royal_Navy" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Rotherham" title="HMS Rotherham"><i>Rotherham</i></a> [leader]</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Racehorse_(H11)" title="HMS Racehorse (H11)"><i>Racehorse</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Raider_(H15)" title="HMS Raider (H15)"><i>Raider</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Rapid_(H32)" title="HMS Rapid (H32)"><i>Rapid</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Redoubt_(H41)" title="HMS Redoubt (H41)"><i>Redoubt</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Relentless_(H85)" title="HMS Relentless (H85)"><i>Relentless</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Rocket_(H92)" title="HMS Rocket (H92)"><i>Rocket</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Roebuck_(H95)" title="HMS Roebuck (H95)"><i>Roebuck</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;"><div id="Other_operators" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Other operators</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Naval_Ensign_of_India.svg/23px-Naval_Ensign_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Naval_Ensign_of_India.svg/35px-Naval_Ensign_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Naval_Ensign_of_India.svg/46px-Naval_Ensign_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Indian_Navy" title="Indian Navy">Indian Navy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Rotherham_(H09)" class="mw-redirect" title="HMS Rotherham (H09)"><i>Rajput</i></a> (ex-<i>Rotherham</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Raider_(H15)" title="HMS Raider (H15)"><i>Rana</i></a> (ex-<i>Raider</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Redoubt_(H41)" title="HMS Redoubt (H41)"><i>Ranjit</i></a> (ex-<i>Redoubt</i>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Naval_Jack_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Naval_Jack_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Naval_Jack_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Naval_Jack_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Naval_Jack_of_the_Netherlands.svg/46px-Naval_Jack_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a 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class="nowrap">1 Dec: <a href="/wiki/HMAS_Armidale_(J240)" title="HMAS Armidale (J240)">HMAS <i>Armidale</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2 Dec: <a href="/wiki/Italian_torpedo_boat_Lupo" title="Italian torpedo boat Lupo"><i>Lupo</i></a>, <a class="mw-selflink selflink">HMS <i>Quentin</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">3 Dec: <a href="/wiki/SS_Empire_Dabchick" title="SS Empire Dabchick"><i>Empire Dabchick</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Penylan_(L89)" title="HMS Penylan (L89)">HMS <i>Penylan</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">4 Dec: <a href="/wiki/Italian_cruiser_Muzio_Attendolo" title="Italian cruiser Muzio Attendolo"><i>Muzio Attendolo</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Traveller_(N48)" title="HMS Traveller (N48)">HMS <i>Traveller</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">6 Dec: <a href="/wiki/USS_Grebe" title="USS Grebe">USS <i>Grebe</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">7 Dec: <a href="/wiki/SS_Ceramic" title="SS Ceramic"><i>Ceramic</i></a></span></li> 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U-626"><i>U-626</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">16 Dec: <a href="/wiki/USS_S-49" title="USS S-49">USS <i>S-49</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">17 Dec: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Firedrake_(H79)" title="HMS Firedrake (H79)">HMS <i>Firedrake</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">18 Dec: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Partridge_(G30)" title="HMS Partridge (G30)">HMS <i>Partridge</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Tenry%C5%AB" title="Japanese cruiser Tenryū"><i>Tenryū</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">21 Dec: <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-4" title="Japanese submarine I-4"><i>I-4</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">23 Dec: <a href="/wiki/SS_Friedrich_Karl_(1938)" title="SS Friedrich Karl (1938)"><i>Sperrbrecher 138</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">25 Dec: <a href="/wiki/HMS_P48_(1942)" title="HMS P48 (1942)">HMS <i>P48</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">26 Dec: <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-357" title="German submarine 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<a href="/wiki/HMS_P311" title="HMS P311">HMS <i>P311</i></a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other incidents</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">7 Dec: <a href="/wiki/USS_R-16" title="USS R-16">USS <i>R-16</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">9 Dec: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Porcupine_(G93)" title="HMS Porcupine (G93)">HMS <i>Porcupine</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">12 Dec: <i><a href="/wiki/SS_Belgian_Captain" title="SS Belgian Captain">Empire Centaur</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/MS_Tannenfels" title="MS Tannenfels"><i>Tannenfels</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">14 Dec: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Argonaut_(61)" title="HMS Argonaut (61)">HMS <i>Argonaut</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">19 Dec: <a href="/wiki/SS_Donau_(1929)" title="SS Donau (1929)"><i>Donau</i></a></span></li> 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