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 Punjabi at anchor
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Punjabi |
| Namesake | Punjabis |
| Ordered | 19 June 1936 |
| Builder | Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering, Greenock |
| Cost | £342,005 |
| Laid down | 1 October 1936 |
| Launched | 18 December 1937 |
| Commissioned | 29 March 1939 |
| Identification | Pennant numbers: L21, later F21 |
| Fate | Sunk in a collision with King George V, 1 May 1942 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class and type | Tribal-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,891 long tons (1,921 t) (standard) |
| Length | 377 ft (114.9 m) (o/a) |
| Beam | 36 ft 6 in (11.13 m) |
| Draught | 11 ft 3 in (3.43 m) |
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| Propulsion | 2 × shafts; 2 × geared steam turbines |
| Speed | 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph) |
| Range | 5,700 nmi (10,600 km; 6,600 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement | 190 |
| Sensors and processing systems | ASDIC |
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HMS Punjabi was a Tribal-class destroyer of the Royal Navy that saw service in the Second World War, being sunk in a collision with the battleship King George V. She has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name "Punjabi" which, in common with the other ships of the Tribal class, was named after various ethnic groups of the world, mainly those of the British Empire.