HMS Pakenham (G06)
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| 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 |
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| Fate: | Scuttled off Sicily after surface action on 16 April 1943 |
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| Class and type: | P-class destroyer |
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| Length: | 345 ft (105 m) o/a |
| Beam: | 35 ft (10.7 m) |
| Draught: | 9 ft (2.7 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 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.
Pakenham was ordered from Hawthorn Leslie and Company at Hebburn on 2 October 1939, as part of the War Emergency Programme, and laid down as Onslow on 6 February 1940. She was launched on 28 January 1941. In August 1941, during construction, her name was changed to Pakenham. She was fitted with additional facilities to act as flotilla leader, and was finally completed on 4 February 1942.
Under the command of Captain Eric Barry Kenyon Stevens,Pakenham sailed to the Indian Ocean in April 1942 to take part in Operation Ironclad, the amphibious landing to capture of the port of Diego Suarez, at the start of the British campaign to capture the Vichy French-controlled island of Madagascar.
Pakenham was then transferred to the Mediterranean Fleet based at Alexandria, and took part in Operation Vigorous, a failed attempt to escort a convoy taking supplies to the besieged island of Malta. In August she took part in a diversionary operation during Operation Pedestal, which succeeded in getting several supply ships to Malta despite heavy losses.
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