| Name: | PAKENHAM launched as ONSLOW |
| Type: | Destroyer |
| Keel: | 06/02/1940 |
| Launched: | 28/01/1941 |
| Completed: | 04/02/1942 |
| Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 625 |
| Dimensions: | 1690disp - 2250disp, 328.8 x 35.0 x 9.0(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, SR geared, Parsons type, 40000shp |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 36.8knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 5 x 1 x 4.0ins QF, 1 x 4 x 2pdr guns; 1 x 4 x 21.0ins torpedoes |
| History: | |
| 04/02/1942 | British Royal Navy |
| 16/04/1943 | Sank |
| Comments: | A member of the P Class of War Emergency Destroyers |
| 16/04/1943: Damaged by gunfire from Italian MTBs off Marsala. Abandoned & scuttled |
Above photo of sister ship PATHFINDER is courtesy of Photoship
Copied and digitised by Terry Summerson from the original Shipyard Data Books. Click HERE to enlarge.
Click on enlarged image to magnify even further. Use Browser BACK button to return.
This record is now held by Tyne and Wear Archive Services.