HMS Penn (G77)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Penn was a UK Destroyer ship.

[edit] Service

HMS Penn was laid down on 26 December 1939 by Vickers Armstrong and launched on 12 February 1941. She was commissioned into the fleet on 10 February 1942.

HMS Penn was involved in the Operation Pedestal, a convoy to bring much needed reinforcements to Malta. During the course of this operation she helped tow the damaged SS Ohio with her vital supplies of fuel into Grand Harbour Valetta.

On 7 November 1943 HMS Penn with HMS Pathfinder sank the German submarine trap GA45 off Amorgos Greece

On 15 June 1945 HMS Penn with HMS Paladin sank a Japanese landing craft off the Northwest coast of Sumatra. HMS Penn was sold for scrap on 30 October 1950.