"p"

Class: "P"

(All ships of this class are listed in our pages)

Category: destroyer

Nation: Great Britain

Main statistics:

Displacement: 2 250 tons
Length: 105 meters
Top speed: 37 knots
5 x 4'' guns

Repeat of the previous class O. Because they became topheavy, the 4.7" guns were replaced by 4" ones. The eight units of this class were launched in 1941 and five sunk before the end of the conflict, among them the Paladin, the last of the 153 British destroyers lost during the war. The las survivor of this class was scrapped in 1967.

Pakenham, Onslow, G.06

1941	January	Launched. Destroyer, named Onslow.	Great Britain
1942	February 4th	Commissioned. Named Pakenham.	Great Britain
	May 5th	Landing at Diego Suarez.	Indian Ocean
	October 31st	Sank the U-559.	Eastern Mediterranean Sea
1943	January 14th	Convoy ME-15: sank the Narvalo.	Eastern Mediterranean Sea
1943	April 16th	Convoy off Pantelleria: sunk by the Cigno, Cassiopea.	Central Mediterranean Sea

Paladin, G.69

1940	July 22nd	Laid down.	Great Britain
1941	June 11th	Launched. Destroyer, named Paladin.	Great Britain
1941	December 12th	Commissioned.	Great Britain
1942	March 31st	Japanese raid in the Indian Ocean.	Indian Ocean
1942	May 5th	Landing at Diego Suarez.	Indian Ocean
1943	February 17th	Sank the U-205.	Eastern Mediterranean Sea
	April 16th	Convoy off Pantelleria: damaged by Italians ships.	Central Mediterranean Sea
	May 3rd	The last convoy from Tunisia: sunk by the Perseo.	Western Mediteranean Sea
1944	February 12th	Convoy off Addu Attol: sank the I-27.	Indian Ocean
1945	May 10th	Tracking the Haguro.	Indian Ocean
1962	October	Scrapped.	Great Britain

Panther, G.41

1941	May	Launched. Destroyer, named Panther.	Great Britain
1941	December 12th	Commissioned.	Great Britain
1942	March 31st	Japanese raid in the Indian Ocean.	Indian Ocean
1942	May 8th	Landing at Diego Suarez: sank the Monge.	Indian Ocean
1943	May 3rd	Convoy ONS-5.	North Atlantic
1943	October 9th	Victory and defeat in the Dodecanese: sunk by German airplanes.	Eastern Mediterranean Sea

Partridge, G.30

1942	February 22nd	Commissioned. Destroyer, named Partridge.	Great Britain
	June 14th	Convoy Harpoon to Malta: damaged by the Raimondo Montecuccoli, Eugenio di Savoia.	Western Mediteranean Sea
	December 18th	Sunk by the U-565.	Western Mediteranean Sea

Pathfinder, Onslaught, G.10

1941	April	Launched. Destroyer, named Onslaught.	Great Britain
1942	April 13th	Commissioned.	Great Britain
	August 9th	Convoy Pedestal for Malta.	Western Mediteranean Sea
	September 3rd	Sank the U-162.	Caribbean
1943	April 23rd	Convoy ONS-4.	North Atlantic
	May 12th	Convoy HX-237.	North Atlantic
	September 16th	Victory and defeat in the Dodecanese.	Eastern Mediterranean Sea
	November 7th	Sank the GA-45.
1945	January 21st	Allied landing in Ramree.	Indian Ocean
1945	February 11th	She is the last of the 153 destroyers or escort destroyers lost by the Royal Navy during the war: sunk by Japanese planes.	Indian Ocean
1949	-	Scrapped.	Great Britain

Penn, G.77

1941	February	Launched. Destroyer, named Penn.	Great Britain
1942	February 10th	Commissioned.	Great Britain
	August 9th	Convoy Pedestal for Malta.	Western Mediteranean Sea
	August 13th	Slightly damaged in a collision.	Western Mediteranean Sea
	November	Landing at Algier (Torch).	Western Mediteranean Sea
1943	May 3rd	Convoy ONS-5.	North Atlantic
1943	November 7th	Sank the GA-45.
1945	April 30th	Landing at Rangoon.	Indian Ocean
1945	May 10th	Tracking the Haguro.	Indian Ocean
1950	February	Scrapped.	Great Britain

Petard, Persistent, G.56

1939	December 26th	Laid down.	Great Britain
1941	March 27th	Launched. Destroyer, named Persistent.	Great Britain
1942	June 14th	Commissioned. Named Petard.	Great Britain
	October 30th	Sank the U-559.	Eastern Mediterranean Sea
	December 15th	Sank the Uarsciek.	Western Mediteranean Sea
1943	May 3rd	The last convoy from Tunisia: sank the Perseo.	Western Mediteranean Sea
1943	September 9th	Landing at Salerno.	Italy
1944	February 12th	Convoy off Addu Attol: sank the I-27.	Indian Ocean
1967	-	Scrapped.	Great Britain

Porcupine, G.93

1942	August 31st	Commissioned. Destroyer, named Porcupine.	Great Britain
1942	December 9th	Sunk by the U-602.	Western Mediteranean Sea
1947	-	Scrapped.	Great Britain