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Punjabi at anchor
History
United Kingdom
Name
Punjabi
Namesake
Punjabis
Ordered
19 June 1936
Builder
Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering, Greenock
Cost
£342,005
Laid down
1 October 1936
Launched
18 December 1937
Commissioned
29 March 1939
Identification
Pennant numbers: L21, later F21
Fate
Sunk in a collision with King George V, 1 May 1942
2 × quadruple 0.5 in (12.7 mm) anti-aircraft machineguns
1 × quadruple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
20 × depth charges, 1 × rack, 2 × throwers
HMS Punjabi was a Tribal-class destroyer of the Royal Navy that saw service in the Second World War, being sunk in a collision with the battleship King George V. She has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name "Punjabi" which, in common with the other ships of the Tribal class, was named after various ethnic groups of the world, mainly those of the British Empire.
HMSPunjabi was a Tribal-class destroyer of the Royal Navy that saw service in the Second World War, being sunk in a collision with the battleship King...
Punjabi people Punjabi dialects and languages Punjabi may also refer to: Punjabi (horse), a British Thoroughbred racehorse HMSPunjabi, a British destroyer...
light aircraft F21 (torpedo), a torpedo developed for the French Navy HMSPunjabi (F21), a 1937 British Royal Navy Tribal-class destroyer ARV Mariscal...
31 July 1941: HMS Nigeria, Aurora, Punjabi and Tartar destroyed a weather station on Bear Island. August 1941: British submarines HMS Tigris and Trident...
1940, serving until 23 October 1940 when she was sunk by HMS Matabele, HMSPunjabi and HMS Somali. The ship was 45.31 metres (148 ft 8 in) long, with...
destroyer HMSPunjabi collided in fog. Punjabi sank and King George V was forced to return to port. Her place in the group was taken by the battleship HMS Duke...
stationed for patrol, reconnaissance, and antisubmarine duties. The cruiser HMS Devonshire and battleship King George V visited Akureyri harbour in May 1941...
torpedo from Italian destroyer Luca Tarigo HMSPunjabi (F21) Atlantic Ocean 1 May 1942 Rammed by HMS King George V HMS Sikh (F82) off Tobruk 14 September 1942...
maritime incidents in May 1942 Shipwrecks 1 May: Angarstroy, HMSPunjabi 2 May: USS Cythera, HMS Edinburgh, Hermann Schoemann, ORP Jastrząb, USS Mindanao...
the Titanic and Great Disasters of the Sea. Eekelers, Dirk; Lettens, Jan. "HMS Coronation (north part) [+1691]". wrecksite. Retrieved 15 May 2021. "Harwich...
maritime incidents in May 1942 Shipwrecks 1 May: Angarstroy, HMSPunjabi 2 May: USS Cythera, HMS Edinburgh, Hermann Schoemann, ORP Jastrząb, USS Mindanao...
Science. Retrieved February 18, 2022. "Submarine goes down, in collision with HMS Hazard". The Daily News. No. 20, 562. London. 3 February 1912. p. 1. Retrieved...
maritime incidents in May 1942 Shipwrecks 1 May: Angarstroy, HMSPunjabi 2 May: USS Cythera, HMS Edinburgh, Hermann Schoemann, ORP Jastrząb, USS Mindanao...
Fleet HMS Somali 1939 11th Destroyer Division HMS Matabele, HMS Ashanti, HMS Mashona, HMS Somali(F) 1939 12th Destroyer Division HMSPunjabi, HMS Tarter...
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