HMS Rawalpindi

Sunk

Type	Armed merchant cruiser
War	Second World War
Main guns	8 × 6″ guns

P&O liner taken up as an armed merchant cruiser with eight old 6-inch guns. Patrolling between Iceland and the Faroes on 23 November 1939, she met Scharnhorst and Gneisenau and fought rather than surrender; 238 of her crew were killed, among them Captain Edward Kennedy.

Model of the armed merchant cruiser HMS Rawalpindi.Harland and Wolff built the ship in Greenock and launched her in 1925 as a 16,619 GRT P&O passenger liner. The Admiralty requisitioned her in September 1939 and had her converted into an armed merchant cruiser. On 23 November 1939 the German battles Photo: Dring, T C, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

8 × 6 in (150 mm) Mk VII guns
2 × QF 3 inch 20 cwt anti-aircraft guns

Builder	Harland and Wolff, Greenock
Laid down	1923
Launched	26 March 1925
Commissioned	19 September 1939
Length	548 ft (167 m)
Speed	15 kn (28 km/h)
Complement	276

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

Career

Launched

26 March 1925

Sinking of Rawalpindi

Sunk

23 November 1939

238 killed, Captain Kennedy among them