HMS Penzance (Cdr. Allan John Wavish, RN) was torpedoed and sunk on 24 August 1940 in the North Atlantic, south-west of Iceland in position 56º16'N, 27º19'W by U-37. 90 men went down with the ship, there were only 7 survivors which were picked up by the British merchant Blairmore. Blairmore was also torpedoed later that night by the same u-boat. Once again the 7 survivors had to abandon ship and this time they were picked up after some 17 hours by the Swedish merchant Eknaren and taken to Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.

Commanding Officer:
Cdr. Allan John Wavish, RN
16 May 1938 - 24 August 1940+ 

Hit by U-boat
Sunk on 24 Aug, 1940 by U-37 (Oehrn).