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Penn

HMS Penn

Survived

Royal Navy

TypeDestroyer
ClassP
WarSecond World War
Main guns4 × single QF 4 in Mk.V (102 mm)

Helped tow the crippled Ohio into Grand Harbour at the end of Pedestal.

Photograph of British destroyer HMS Penn underway in coastal waters. Photo: Royal Navy official photographer., Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 4 × single QF 4 in Mk.V (102 mm)
  • 1 × quadruple QF 2 pdr Mk.VIII (40 mm)
  • 4 × single QF 20 mm Oerlikon
  • 2 × quadruple mounts for 21-inch (533 mm) torpedoes
  • 4 × throwers and 2 × racks for 70 depth charges
BuilderVickers-Armstrongs, High Walker
Laid down26 December 1939
Launched12 February 1941
Commissioned10 February 1942
Displacement1,640 long tons (1,666 t) standard 2,250 long tons (2,286 t) full
Length345 ft (105 m) o/a
Speed36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Complement176

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

12 February 1941

Operation Pedestal
Survived

10–15 August 1942

Helped tow Ohio in

Fate

Survived

Sold for scrap 30 October 1950.