| Navy | The Royal Australian Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Q |
| Pennant | G 81 |
| Built by | J.S. White & Co. (Cowes, U.K.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 14 Oct 1940 |
| Launched | 31 Jan 1942 |
| Commissioned | 6 Jul 1942 |
| End service | 26 Jun 1964 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Decommissioned to reserve on 26 June 1964. Commanding Officers: Cdr. George Scott Stewart, RAN Cdr. Wilfred Hastings Harrington, DSO, RAN Lt.Cdr. George Frederick Edmund Knox, RAN |
| Former name | HMS Quiberon |
Commands listed for HMAS Quiberon (G 81)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Cdr. Hugh Waters Shelley Browning, RN | 14 Apr 1942 | 21 Jan 1943 |
| 2 | Cdr. George Scott Stewart, RAN | 21 Jan 1943 | 14 Jul 1944 |
| 3 | Cdr. Wilfred Hastings Harrington, RAN | 14 Jul 1944 | 16 Feb 1945 |
| 4 | George Frederick Edmund Knox, RAN | 16 Feb 1945 | Oct 1945 ? |
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Noteable events involving Quiberon include:
28 Nov 1942
The Italian submarine Dessiè was sunk off Annaba, Algeria by the British destroyer HMS Quentin (Lt.Cdr. A.H.P. Noble, RN) and the Australian destroyer HMAS Quiberon (Cdr. H.W.S. Browning, OBE, RN).
6 Jul 1943
The Canadian merchant Jasper Park is torpedoed and sunk south-south-west of Cap Sainte Marie, Madagascar in position 32º52'S, 42º15'E by the German submarine U-177. Later the Australian destroyers HMAS Quiberon (Cdr. G.S. Stewart, RAN) and HMAS Quickmatch (Lt.Cdr. R. Rhoades, DSC, RAN) together pick up 51 survivors.