HMS Quilliam (G09) was a Q-class destroyer serving in the Royal Navy from 1942 to 1945. She was then transferred to the Royal Netherlands Navy, where she was commissioned as HNLMS Banckert (D801) from until 1957.
Construction
The ship was laid down by R. and W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company, Limited, at Hebburn-on-Tyne on 19 August 1940, launched on 29 November 1941 and commissioned on 22 October 1942.
She was named after Manx Lieutenant (later Captain) John Quilliam RN, First Lieutenant of at the Battle of Trafalgar.
Operational history
Royal Navy
Quilliam was involved in wartime operations in both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
On 20 May 1945, while taking part in Operation Iceberg (the Invasion of Okinawa), Quilliam was involved in a collision with the British aircraft carrier , which left the destroyer with a heavily damaged bow. The ship was renamed HNLMS Banckert, and received the pennant number D801.
thumb|left|HMS Quilliam as HNLMS Banckert
Banckert saw action during the Indonesian National Revolution. Between 10 and 12 May 1947, the ship intercepted the British coastal merchant ship NR. 4 Nanmei, which was supplying contraband to Indonesians in Tapanoeli Bay, and fired on Indonesian coastal defences in Sibolga.