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File:The British Pacific Fleet 1944-1945 ABS1209.jpg

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|description = {{en|''The British Pacific Fleet 1944-1945''

|description = {{en|''The British Pacific Fleet 1944-1945''

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HMAS QUADRANT underway in choppy seas. The ship originaly HMS QUADRANT operated under the pennant number G.11 but was transferred to the Royal Australian Navy in 1945 and operated in the British Pacific Fleet. As such she, like other destroyers, changed her pennant number to one under the D flag (in this case D17) to bring them in line with the style of the United States Navy.}}
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HMS QUADRANT underway in choppy seas. The ship originally operated under the pennant number G11, but was transferred to the British Pacific Fleet in 1945. As such she, like other destroyers, changed her pennant number to one under the D flag (in this case D17) to bring them in line with the style of the United States Navy.}}

|author = Royal Navy official photographer

|author = Royal Navy official photographer

|date = 1944

|date = 1944
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* Associated people and organisations

* Associated people and organisations
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*: Royal Australian Navy, QUADRANT (HMAS)
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*: Royal Navy, QUADRANT (HMS)

* Associated themes

* Associated themes

*: Pacific 1939-1945, Royal Navy 1939-1945

*: Pacific 1939-1945, Royal Navy 1939-1945

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