HMS Pathfinder (G10)
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Pathfinder |
| Ordered | 2 October 1939 |
| Builder | Hawthorn Leslie and Company, Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Laid down | 5 March 1940 |
| Launched | 10 April 1941 |
| Commissioned | 13 April 1942 |
| Identification | Pennant number: G10 |
| Fate | Scrapped in 1948 |
| Notes | Badge: On a Field per Pale wavy and White a bloodhound Proper. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | P-class destroyer |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 345 ft (105 m) o/a |
| Beam | 35 ft (11 m) |
| Draught | 12 ft 3 in (3.73 m) |
| Installed power |
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| Propulsion | 2 shafts; 2 × steam turbines |
| Speed | 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph) |
| Range | 3,850 nautical miles (7,130 km; 4,430 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Complement | 176 |
| Armament |
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HMS Pathfinder was a
Second World War. She was damaged while serving in the Far East
, and was scrapped after the end of the war.
Description
The P-class destroyers were repeats of the preceding O class, except that they were armed with 4-inch (102 mm)
Admiralty three-drum boilers. The turbines developed a total of 40,000 shaft horsepower (30,000 kW) and gave a maximum speed of 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph). The ships carried a maximum of 500 long tons (510 t) of fuel oil that gave them a range of 3,850 nautical miles (7,130 km; 4,430 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph). The ships' complement was 176 officers and men.[1]
Pathfinder was armed with four
21-inch (533 mm) torpedoes.[2] The ship was fitted with four depth charge throwers and two racks for 70 depth charges.[1]
Construction and career
The ship was built by
Hawthorn Leslie & Co
, and was launched on 10 April 1941, and commissioned in April 1942. During the war, Pathfinder was active in a number of theatres, and helped to sink several enemy submarines.
Pathfinder was commanded by Commander Edward Albert Gibbs from January 1942 to November 1943, during which time she assisted the destroyer Ithuriel in sinking the Italian submarine Cobalto, assisted the destroyers Vimy and Quentin to sink the German submarine U-162, assisted in the rescue of nearly 5,000 survivors from the troopship Strathallan after it was torpedoed off Oran, Algeria. She also sank the German submarine U-203 with assistance from Swordfish aircraft flying off the aircraft carrier Biter.
On 11 February 1945, Pathfinder was hit by an
Ki-43 off Ramree, and was taken out of service. She sailed back to the UK using her starboard engine. On arrival at Devonport she was placed in reserve. She was then sold to the ship breakers Howells and scrapped in November 1948 at Milford Haven.[3]
Notes
- ^ a b Lenton, p. 172
- ^ Whitley, pp. 124–25
- ISBN 0-9506323-9-2, page 22
References
- Chesneau, Roger, ed. (1980). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. Greenwich, UK: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.
- ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
- Crabb, Brian James (1998). In Harm's Way: The Story of HMS Kenya: A Second World War Cruiser. Stamford, UK: Paul Watkins. ISBN 1-900289-02-4.
- Crabb, Brian James (2014). Operation Pedestal: The Story of Convoy WS21S in August 1942. Donington, UK: Shaun Tyas. ISBN 978-1-907730-19-1.
- English, John (2001). Obdurate to Daring: British Fleet Destroyers 1941–45. Windsor, UK: World Ship Society. ISBN 978-0-9560769-0-8.
- ISBN 1-86176-137-6.
- ISBN 1-55750-048-7.
- Raven, Alan & Roberts, John (1978). War Built Destroyers O to Z Classes. London: Bivouac Books. ISBN 0-85680-010-4.
- ISBN 1-59114-119-2.
- ISBN 0-87021-326-1.
External links
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