HMS Petard

Survived

Type	Destroyer
Class	P
War	Second World War
Main guns	5 × QF 4 in Mk.V (102 mm L/45), single mounts HA Mk.III

P-class destroyer, the only ship to sink a submarine from each of the three Axis navies: U-559, the Italian Uarsciek and the Japanese I-27. Lieutenant Tony Fasson and Able Seaman Colin Grazier of her crew drowned bringing U-559's codebooks out, and were given the George Cross.

Photograph of British destroyer HMS Petard underway at speed. As seen from the aircraft carrier HMS Formidable. Photo: Royal Navy official photographer, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

5 × QF 4 in Mk.V (102 mm L/45), single mounts HA Mk.III
4 × QF 2 pdr Mk.VIII (40 mm L/39), quad mount Mk.VII
Up to 6 × QF 20 mm Oerlikon, single mount P Mk.III
4 (1×4) tubes for 21-inch (533 mm) torpedoes, Mk.IX
4 × throwers and 2 × racks for 70 depth charges

Builder	Vickers-Armstrongs, High Walker
Laid down	26 December 1939
Launched	27 March 1941
Displacement	1,690 tons (1,717 tonnes) standard 1,640 tons (1,666 tonnes) 2,250 tons (2,286 tonnes) full load
Length	345 ft (105 m) o/a
Speed	36.75 knots (68.06 km/h)
Complement	176

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

Career

Launched

27 March 1941

Sinking of U-559

Survived

30 October 1942

Fasson and Grazier drowned inside U-559

Fate

Survived

Broken up in June 1967 at Bo'ness