HMS Partridge (G30)
Partridge at anchor | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Partridge |
| Ordered | 2 October 1939 |
| Builder | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan |
| Laid down | 3 June 1940 |
| Launched | 5 August 1941 |
| Completed | 22 February 1942 |
| Fate | Torpedoed and sunk by U-565, 18 December 1942 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | P-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,550 long tons (1,570 t) standard |
| Length | 345 ft (105.16 m) o/a |
| Beam | 35 ft (10.67 m) |
| Draught | 9 ft (2.74 m) |
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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 Partridge was a P-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. The O-class were intermediate destroyers, designed before the outbreak of the Second World War to meet likely demands for large number of destroyers. They had a main gun armament of four 4.7 in (120 mm) guns, and had a design speed of 36 kn (41 mph; 67 km/h). Partridge was built by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company at their Govan, Scotland shipyard, launching on 5 August 1941 and completing on 22 February 1942.
Partridge served mainly in the Mediterranean Sea during the war, taking part in the Malta convoy Harpoon in June 1942. She was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-565 west of Oran on 18 December 1942.