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HMS Partridge (G 30)

Destroyer of the P class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassP 
PennantG 30 
Built byFairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. (Govan, Scotland) 
Ordered20 Oct, 1939 
Laid down3 Jun, 1940 
Launched5 Aug, 1941 
Commissioned22 Feb, 1942 
Lost18 Dec, 1942 
Loss position35.50N, 01.35W (See a map)
 
HistoryAt 08.06 hours on 18 December 1942 HMS Partridge (Lt.Cdr. William Alan Frank Hawkins, DSO, OBE, RN), on an anti-submarine sweep, was hit by one torpedo from the German submarine U-565 and sank west of Oran, Algeria in position 35º50'N, 01º35'W.

Commanding Officer:
Lt.Cdr. William Alan Frank Hawkins, DSO, OBE, RN
17 December 1941 - 18 December 1942 

Hit by U-boat
Sunk on 18 Dec, 1942 by U-565 (Franken).

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