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HMS Pathfinder (G10)
HMS Pathfinder WWII IWM ADNO 8722
Career Royal Navy Ensign
Class and type: P class destroyer
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
Fate: Scrapped in 1948
General characteristics
Displacement: 1,690 long ton (1,717 tonnes) standard
2,250 tons (2,286 tonnes) full load
Length: 345 ft (105 m) o/a
Beam: 35 ft (11 m)
Draught: 9 ft (2.7 m)
Propulsion: 2 x Admiralty 3-drum water-tube boilers, Parsons geared steam turbines, 40,000 shp on 2 shafts
Speed: 36.75 kt
Range: 3,850 nmi at 20 kt
Complement: 176
Armament:
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Pennant number: G10

HMS Pathfinder was a P class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She served during the Second World War, being damaged while serving in the Far East, and was scrapped after the end of the war.

The ship was built by Hawthorn Leslie & Co, and was launched on 10 April 1941. During the Second World War, Pathfinder was active in a number of theatres, and helped to sink several enemy submarines.

On 11 February 1945, Pathfinder was hit by a Japanese bomber plane off Ramree, and was taken out of service. The ship was scrapped in November 1948 at Milford Haven.

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References[]

  • Raven, Alan; Roberts, John (1978). War Built Destroyers O to Z Classes. London: Bivouac Books. ISBN 0-85680-010-4. 
  • Whitley, M. J. (1988). Destroyers of World War 2. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-326-1. 

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