HMS Pakenham (G06)
HMS Pakenham (G06) | |
| History | |
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| 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 & awards |
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| Fate | Scuttled off Sicily after surface action on 16 April 1943 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | P-class destroyer |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 345 ft (105 m) o/a |
| Beam | 35 ft (10.7 m) |
| Draught | 9 ft (2.7 m) |
| Installed power |
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| 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) |
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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.