&sq=&lang=&file=File:HMS_Penzance_FL17403.jpg) HMS Penzance
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Penzance |
| Ordered | 4 April 1929 |
| Builder | HM Dockyard, Devonport |
| Laid down | 29 July 1929 |
| Launched | 10 April 1930 |
| Completed | January 1931 |
| Commissioned | 15 January 1931 |
| Identification | L28 |
| Fate | torpedoed by U-37 in 1940 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Hastings-class sloop |
| Displacement | 1045 |
| Length | 76.2 metres (250 ft) |
| Beam | 10.4 metres (34 ft) |
| Draught | 2.4 metres (7 ft 10 in) |
| Complement | 104 |
The third HMS Penzance (L28) was a Hastings-class sloop launched in 1930, and torpedoed and sunk in 1940 whilst on convoy protection duty by the German submarine U-37 with the loss of 90 of her 104 crew. She was named after the Cornish port of Penzance and was the third Royal Navy ship to bear that name.