For other ships of the same name, see HMS Pathfinder.
HMS Pathfinder (G10) | |
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Career | |
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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Notes: |
Badge: On a Field per Pale wavy and White a bloodhound Proper. 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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