| Name: | PENN |
| Type: | Destroyer |
| Keel: | 26/12/1939 |
| Launched: | 12/02/1941 |
| Completed: | 10/02/1942 |
| Builder: | Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd |
| Yard: | High Walker |
| Yard Number: | 22 |
| Dimensions: | 1640disp - 2250disp, 328.8 x 35.0 x 9.0(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, SR Geared, 40000shp |
| Engines by: | Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Co, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 36.8knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 5 x 1 x 4.0ins AA, 1 x 4 x 2pdr AA, 4 x 1 x 20mm AA guns; 1 x 4 x 21.0ins torpedoes |
| 4 x depth charge throwers; (1944: 4 x 1 x 4.0ins AA guns) | |
| History: | |
| 10/02/1942 | British Royal Navy |
| 31/01/1950 | Broken up |
| Comments: | A member of the P Class of War Emergency Destroyers |
| 1942: Involved in Operation Pedestal, delivering a desperately needed convoy to Malta | |
| Destroyers PENN & LEDBURY towed the sinking tanker OHIO into Valetta | |
| 31/01/1950: Sold for breaking up | |
| 09/02/1951: Arrived at Troon for breaking up | |
| 13/03/1951: Breaking up commenced by West of Scotland Shipbreakers |
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