Penn HMS 1941
Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2012 4:24 pm
Name: HMS PENN (G77)
Ordered: 20 October 1939, Builder: Vickers Armstrong, Walker, River Tyne, Laid down: 26 December 1939, Launched: 12 February 1941, Commissioned: 10 February 1942, Fate: Sold for scrap 30 October 1950.
General characteristics:
Displacement: 1,540 tons (standard), 2,400 tons (design full), 2,625 tons (wartime full), Length: 345 ft (105 m) o/a, Beam: 35 ft (11 m), Draught: 13.5 ft (4.1 m), Propulsion: 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, Parsons geared steam turbines, 40,000 shp, 2 shafts, Speed: 37 knots, Range: 3,600 nm at 14 knots, Complement: 176, Armament: 4 x single 4 in guns QF Mark V on mounting HA Mk.III, 2 x quad tube for 21 in torpedo Mk.IX, 1 x quad 2-pdr "pom-pom" mount Mk.VII, Up to 6 x single 20 mm Oerlikon guns, 4 x throwers and 2 x racks for 70 depth charges
P or PALADIN-Class Fleet Destroyer ordered with 2nd Emergency Flotilla in October 1939 from the Vickers Armstrong shipyard at Walker and laid down on 26th December 1939 at the same day as sister ships HMS PETARD and PORCUPINE. She was launched en 12th February 1941 and was the 2nd RN ship to carry this name, last used for a destroyer built in WW1 and sold in 1921. Build completed on 10th February 1942 at a cost of £408,200, which excluded the Admiralty supplied equipment such as weapons and radio outfits. After a successful WARSHIP WEEK National Savings campaign in March 1942 she was adopted by the civil community of Camberwell, Greater London
War History – August 1942
2nd - Sailed from the Clyde with HM Destroyers AMAZON, ASHANTI, ESKIMO, MALCOLM, PATHFINDER, QUENTIN, SOMALI, TARTAR, VENOMOUS, WISHART, WOLVERINE, BICESTER, BRAMHAM, DERWENT, LEDBURY, WILTON and ZETLAND as screen for Battleships NELSON, RODNEY, HM Cruisers KENYA and NIGERIA to cover passage of WS21S to Gibraltar.
10th - Joined Force X as screen for HM Cruisers CAIRO, KENYA, NIGERIA and MANCHESTER with H M Destroyers INTREPID, ICARUS, FURY, PATHFINDER, LEDBURY, BRAMHAM, TARTAR and ASHANTI for Close Escort of convoy for whole of passage to Malta.
12th - Rescued survivors from SS EMPIRE HOLT with HMS BRAMHAM,.
13th - Rescued survivors from American SS SANTA ELIZA. Attempt to tow tanker SS OHIO failed due to air attacks. Took off mercantile crew.
15th - Assisted in saving badly damaged tanker OHIO with HM Destroyer BRAMHAM and HM Fleet Minesweeper RYE.
21st - Passage to UK from Gibraltar as part of screen for Home Fleet major units.
HMS PENN was released from support and convoy escort duties In October 1945 and returned to Bombay on 11th October. She was used as an Air Target ship based at Singapore for training of aircrew until February 1947 after which she was attached to the 4th Submarine Flotilla. Her deployment as a target for submarine training terminated at the end of the year when she took passage to UK for reduction to Reserve status. The ship was laid-up in Harwich after de-storing and later was selected for use In damage control trials at Portland. On completion she was put on the Disposal List and sold to The West of Scotland Shipbreaking Company for demolition in late 1949. The ship arrived at the breaker's yard in Troon, Ayrshire on 31st January 1950.
Also see WP52:4 P.59
Sources: Wikipedia. http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono ... P-Penn.htm.
Information Mr P Crichton.
Ordered: 20 October 1939, Builder: Vickers Armstrong, Walker, River Tyne, Laid down: 26 December 1939, Launched: 12 February 1941, Commissioned: 10 February 1942, Fate: Sold for scrap 30 October 1950.
General characteristics:
Displacement: 1,540 tons (standard), 2,400 tons (design full), 2,625 tons (wartime full), Length: 345 ft (105 m) o/a, Beam: 35 ft (11 m), Draught: 13.5 ft (4.1 m), Propulsion: 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers, Parsons geared steam turbines, 40,000 shp, 2 shafts, Speed: 37 knots, Range: 3,600 nm at 14 knots, Complement: 176, Armament: 4 x single 4 in guns QF Mark V on mounting HA Mk.III, 2 x quad tube for 21 in torpedo Mk.IX, 1 x quad 2-pdr "pom-pom" mount Mk.VII, Up to 6 x single 20 mm Oerlikon guns, 4 x throwers and 2 x racks for 70 depth charges
P or PALADIN-Class Fleet Destroyer ordered with 2nd Emergency Flotilla in October 1939 from the Vickers Armstrong shipyard at Walker and laid down on 26th December 1939 at the same day as sister ships HMS PETARD and PORCUPINE. She was launched en 12th February 1941 and was the 2nd RN ship to carry this name, last used for a destroyer built in WW1 and sold in 1921. Build completed on 10th February 1942 at a cost of £408,200, which excluded the Admiralty supplied equipment such as weapons and radio outfits. After a successful WARSHIP WEEK National Savings campaign in March 1942 she was adopted by the civil community of Camberwell, Greater London
War History – August 1942
2nd - Sailed from the Clyde with HM Destroyers AMAZON, ASHANTI, ESKIMO, MALCOLM, PATHFINDER, QUENTIN, SOMALI, TARTAR, VENOMOUS, WISHART, WOLVERINE, BICESTER, BRAMHAM, DERWENT, LEDBURY, WILTON and ZETLAND as screen for Battleships NELSON, RODNEY, HM Cruisers KENYA and NIGERIA to cover passage of WS21S to Gibraltar.
10th - Joined Force X as screen for HM Cruisers CAIRO, KENYA, NIGERIA and MANCHESTER with H M Destroyers INTREPID, ICARUS, FURY, PATHFINDER, LEDBURY, BRAMHAM, TARTAR and ASHANTI for Close Escort of convoy for whole of passage to Malta.
12th - Rescued survivors from SS EMPIRE HOLT with HMS BRAMHAM,.
13th - Rescued survivors from American SS SANTA ELIZA. Attempt to tow tanker SS OHIO failed due to air attacks. Took off mercantile crew.
15th - Assisted in saving badly damaged tanker OHIO with HM Destroyer BRAMHAM and HM Fleet Minesweeper RYE.
21st - Passage to UK from Gibraltar as part of screen for Home Fleet major units.
HMS PENN was released from support and convoy escort duties In October 1945 and returned to Bombay on 11th October. She was used as an Air Target ship based at Singapore for training of aircrew until February 1947 after which she was attached to the 4th Submarine Flotilla. Her deployment as a target for submarine training terminated at the end of the year when she took passage to UK for reduction to Reserve status. The ship was laid-up in Harwich after de-storing and later was selected for use In damage control trials at Portland. On completion she was put on the Disposal List and sold to The West of Scotland Shipbreaking Company for demolition in late 1949. The ship arrived at the breaker's yard in Troon, Ayrshire on 31st January 1950.
Also see WP52:4 P.59
Sources: Wikipedia. http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono ... P-Penn.htm.
Information Mr P Crichton.