History
United Kingdom
Name	HMSPenylan
Ordered	23 August 1940
Builder	Vickers-Armstrongs,Barrow-in-Furness
Laid down	4 June 1941
Launched	17 March 1942
Commissioned	25 August 1942
Honours and awards	English Channel, 1942
Fate	Sunk on 3 December 1942
Badge	On a Field per pale Red and Green, within a horseshoe inverted Gold and a spear head White
General characteristics
Class and type	Hunt-classdestroyer
Displacement	1,050 tons standard; 1,435 tons full load
Length	280 ft (85 m)
Beam	33 ft 4 in (10.16 m)
Draught	8 ft 3 in (2.51 m)
Propulsion	Two x Admiralty 3 drum boilers Two shaftParsonsgeared turbines 19,000 shp
Speed	27 knots (25½ knots full)
Range	2,350 nmi (4,350 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h)
Complement	168
Armament	4 ×QF 4 in Mark XVI on twin mounts Mk. XIX 4 ×QF 2 pdr Mk. VIII on quad mount MK.VII 2 ×20 mm Oerlikons on single mounts P Mk. III 2 × tubes for21 inch (533 mm)torpedoes 110depth charges, 4 throwers, 3 racks

HMSPenylan was aHunt-classdestroyer of theRoyal Navy. She was a member of the third subgroup of the class, and saw service in theSecond World War, before being sunk by GermanE-boats in 1942.

Penylan was ordered on 23 August 1940 under the 1940 War Emergency Programme fromVickers-Armstrongs,Barrow-in-Furness. She was laid down as Job No J3585 on 4 June 1941 and launched on 17 March 1942. She was commissioned into service on 25 August 1942, and after working up, was assigned to the1st Destroyer Flotilla. She was adopted by the civil community of the Borough and Rural District ofCarmarthen as part ofWarship Week during 1942.

Penylan sailed toScapa Flow in September and spent the rest of the month working up with ships of theHome Fleet, after which she sailed toPortsmouth. She had to put into a commercial shipyard inLondon on 22 October after a number of defects came to light. She was under repair until 9 November when she sailed to Portsmouth and joined the 1st Destroyer Flotilla on patrol in theEnglish Channel. She was deployed on 1 December to escort convoy PW-257. The convoy was attacked byE-boats on 3 December, andPenylan was torpedoed and sunk five miles south of Start Point by the E-boatS115. Five officers and 112 ratings were rescued. She was the shortest lived of the Hunts, spending only 30 days on active service. The wreck is designated as aprotected place under theProtection of Military Remains Act 1986.

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• HMS Penylan's wartime career
• Penylan at Uboat.net
• SI 2008/0950 Designation under the Protection of Military Remains Act 1986

• Hunt-class destroyers of the Royal Navy
• Ships built in Barrow-in-Furness
• 1942 ships
• World War II destroyers of the United Kingdom
• Protected wrecks of the United Kingdom
• World War II shipwrecks in the English Channel
• Maritime incidents in December 1942

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