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Destroyer histories. Royal
naval O and P class destroyers. Destroyer website dedicated to the history
of HMS Onslow, HMS Obdurate, HMS Obedient, HMS Offa, HMS Onslaught, HMS
Opportune, HMS Oribi, HMS Orwell, HMS Packenham, HMS Paladin, HMS Panther,
HMS Partridge, HMS Pathfinder, HMS Penn, HMS Petard and HMS Porcupine from
their launch to their participation in major wars also notice board for
families of ex-crew of O and P Class destroyers.
Displacement : 1540 tons (HMS Onslow and HMS Pakenham 1550 tons). Speed 36? knots. Complement 175 (HMS Onslow 217, HMS Pakenham 228). Armament : Foru 4.7in, Four 2pdr AA, Eight 20mm AA guns, Eight 21in TT. |
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HMS Obdurate G.39 | 19th February 1942 | Broken up Inverkeithing November 1964. |
HMS Obedient G.48 | 30th April 1942 | Broken up at Blyth 19th October 1962. |
HMS Offa G.29 | 11th March 1941 | Transferred to Pakistan 1949. becoming TARIQ finally scrapped at Sunderland 13th October 1959 |
HMS Onslaught G.04 (ex Pathfinder) | 9th October 1941 | Transferred to Pakistan 1951. becoming Tughril |
HMS Onslow G.17 | 31st March 1941 | Transferred to Pakistan 1949. becoming TIPPU SULTAN |
HMS Opportune G.80 | 21st January 1942 | Broken up 25th November 1955.at Milford Haven |
HMS Oribi (ex Observer) | 14th January 1941 | Transferred to Turkey 1946.becoming Gayret |
HMS Orwell G.98 | 2nd April 1942 | Broken up June 1965. |
HMS Pakenham (ex Onslow) | 28th January 1941 | Sunk 16th April 1943. by Italian Torpedo Boats Cassiopea and Cigno |
HMS Paladin G.69 | 11th June 1941 | Broken up 25th October 1962. at Dunston |
HMS Panther G.41 | 28th May 1941 | Sunk 9th October 1943.By German Aircraft in the Scarpanto Straits |
HMS Partridge G.30 | 5th August 1941 | Sunk 18th December 1942. by U-565 west of Oran |
HMS Pathfinder G.10 (ex Onslaught) | 10th April 1941 | Constructive loss 11th February 1945. after bombing by Japanese aircraft at Ramree island. finally scrapped November 1948 at Milford Haven |
HMS Penn G.77 | 12th February 1941 | Broken up at Troon february 1950. |
HMS Petard G.56 | 27th March 1941 | Broken up at Bo-ness June 1967. |
HMS Porcupine G.93 | 10th June 1941 | Constructive loss 9th December 1942 after being torpedoed by U-602. finally scrapped at Plymouth 6th May 1946 |
Picture of HMS Obedient kindly supplied by David Brown |
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G16 Tjerk Hiddes (nearest) with British destroyers G25 HMS Nepal (far) and G29 HMS Offa (centre). Original Postcard. Published IWM. Price ?15. Click here to order. Order Code PHD302 |
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HMS Offa.Contributed by Peter Lawless |
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Photograph of Robert Wilkinson (second from left) and some shipmates of HMS Offa at Lubeck in Germany, 1945. Robert Wilkinson served aboard Offa for the from 1943 to 1946, as a Leading Seaman (Gunner) and finishing as an Acting Petty Officer. Contributed by his son Barry Wilkinson. |
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Adolf Hitler's Yacht 'Ostwind'. Photograph taken from HMS Offa, and contributed by Barry Wilkinson - see photo above. |
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Picture of H.M.S. Onslow sent in by Bill Thornton |
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Picture of John May (far left) and with another sailor on 18th June, 1945 in Copenhagen sent in by Bill Thornton. |
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