HMS Peterel (1927)
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| Career (United Kingdom) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Peterel |
| Builder: | Yarrow Shipbuilders |
| In service: | 1927-07-18 |
| Fate: | Sunk 1941-12-08, Shanghai |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | River gunboat |
| Displacement: | 310 tons |
| Length: | 177 feet (53.9 m) |
| Beam: | 29 feet (8.8 m) |
| Draught: | 3.2 feet (1.0 m) |
| Propulsion: | Yarrow boilers, steam turbine 2,250 hp |
| Speed: | 16 knots |
| Complement: | 55 |
| Armament: | 2×3" AA guns, 8×machine guns |
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Peterel.
HMS Peterel was a river gunboat built by Yarrow Shipbuilders at Scotstoun for service on the China station which entered service on 1927-07-18. Her name was a mistake - she should have been named Petrel as per the bird, but this was not noticed until after she had been launched. No attempt was made to correct it.
Peterel was the first Royal Navy vessel to be sunk by the Japanese navy in World War II, being sunk by the Japanese cruiser Idzumo on 1941-12-08 at Shanghai after refusing to surrender. At the time she was acting as a communications station manned only by a skeleton crew.
[edit] References
- Colledge, J. J. and Warlow, Ben (2006). Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy, Rev. ed., London: Chatham. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475.
- H.M.S. Falcon - Royal Navy Gunboats in China and the Far East. Retrieved on 2008-01-28.
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