HMS Penelope at Spithead, December 1942
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Penelope |
Builder | Harland & Wolff, Belfast |
Yard number | 940[1] |
Laid down | 30 May 1934 |
Launched | 15 October 1935 |
Completed | 15 November 1936[1] |
Commissioned | 13 November 1936 |
Identification | Pennant number: 97 |
Fate | Torpedoed and sunk by U-410, 18 February 1944 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Arethusa-class light cruiser |
Displacement |
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Length | 506 ft (154 m) |
Beam | 51 ft (16 m) |
Draught | 14 ft (4.3 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 32 knots (59 km/h) |
Range | Unknown; 1,325 tons fuel oil |
Complement | 500 |
Armament |
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Armour | |
Aircraft carried | One aircraft (later removed). |
HMS Penelope was an Arethusa-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy. She was built by Harland & Wolff (Belfast, Northern Ireland); her keel was laid down on 30 May 1934. She was launched on 15 October 1935, and commissioned 13 November 1936. She was torpedoed and sunk by the German U-boat U-410 near Naples with great loss of life on 18 February 1944. On wartime service with Force K, she was holed so many times by bomb fragments that she acquired the nickname "HMS Pepperpot".