HMS Pakenham (G06)

HMS Pakenham (G06)
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Pakenham
Namesake	Admiral Sir Thomas Pakenham
Ordered	20 October 1939
Builder	Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn
Laid down	6 February 1940
Launched	28 January 1941
Completed	4 February 1942
Honours and awards	Battle honours: Diego Suarez 1942 Mediterranean 1942–43
Fate	Scuttled off Sicily after surface action on 16 April 1943
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	P-class destroyer
Displacement	1,690 long tons (1,720 t) standard 2,250 long tons (2,290 t) full load
Length	345 ft (105 m) o/a
Beam	35 ft (10.7 m)
Draught	9 ft (2.7 m)
Installed power	40,000 shp (30,000 kW) 2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers
Propulsion	2 shafts; Parsons geared steam turbines
Speed	36.75 knots (68.06 km/h; 42.29 mph)
Range	3,850 nmi (7,130 km; 4,430 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Armament	5 × single QF 4 in Mk.V (102 mm) guns 1 × quadruple QF 2-pdr Mk.VIII AA guns Up to 6 × single QF 20 mm Oerlikon AA guns 1 × quadruple 21-inch torpedo tubes 4 × throwers and 2 × racks for 70 depth charges

HMS Pakenham (G06) was a P-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy built and operated during World War II. Commissioned in early 1942, she took part in the invasion of Madagascar, and several Malta Convoys, before being disabled in a battle with Italian torpedo boats in April 1943 and scuttled.^[2]