HMS Pakenham
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Three ships of the Royal Navy
have been named HMS Pakenham, after Admiral Sir Thomas Pakenham
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was a 1-gun gunvessel purchased in 1797. She was in service in 1800 and may have been sold in 1802.
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
have been named HMS Pakenham, after Admiral Sir Thomas Pakenham
Thomas Pakenham (Royal Navy officer)
Sir Thomas Pakenham GCB , styled The Honourable from birth to 1820, was a British naval officer and politician.Pakenham, third son of Thomas Pakenham, 1st Baron Longford , was born in 1757. He entered the Royal Navy in 1771 on board the , with Captain John MacBride, with whom he moved to the in 1773...
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was a 1-gun gunvessel purchased in 1797. She was in service in 1800 and may have been sold in 1802.
- HMS PakenhamHMS Onslow (G17)HMS Onslow was an O-class destroyer flotilla leader of the Royal Navy She was ordered from John Brown & Company at Clydebank, Glasgow on 3 September 1939. The ship was laid down on 1 July 1940 and launched on 31 March 1941. She was completed on 8 October 1941 at a cost of £416,942.Attached to the...
was an O-classO and P class destroyerThe O and P class was a class of destroyers of the British Royal Navy. Ordered in 1939, they were the first ships in the War Emergency Programme, also known as the 1st and 2nd Emergency Flotilla, respectively...
destroyerDestroyerIn naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against smaller, powerful, short-range attackers. Destroyers, originally called torpedo-boat destroyers in 1892, evolved from...
. She was renamed shortly after being launched in 1941. was a P-classO and P class destroyerThe O and P class was a class of destroyers of the British Royal Navy. Ordered in 1939, they were the first ships in the War Emergency Programme, also known as the 1st and 2nd Emergency Flotilla, respectively...
destroyer built as HMS Onslow but renamed shortly after being launched in 1941. She was damaged in a night encounter off MarsalaBattle of the Cigno ConvoyThe Battle of the Cigno Convoy was a naval engagement between two British Royal Navy destroyers and two Italian Regia Marina torpedo boats which took place southeast of Marettimo island, on the early hours of 16 April 1943...
by Italian torpedo boatSpica class torpedo boatThe Spica-class were a class of torpedo boats of the Regia Marina during World War II. These ships were built as a result of a clause in the Washington Naval Treaty, which stated that ships with a tonnage of less than 600 tons could be built in unlimited numbers...
s in 1943 and was scuttled the next day.