HMS Rawalpindi

HMS Rawalpindi

HMS "Rawalpindi" was a British Armed Merchant Cruiser (a converted passenger ship) that was sunk during the Second World War.

She started life as the 16,697 registered tons P. & O. Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. ocean liner SS "Rawalpindi" out of London. She was requisitioned by the Admiralty on 26 August 1939 and converted to an armed merchant cruiser by the addition of eight , SS|Ranpura and SS|Rajputana were also converted to an armed merchant cruisers. HMS "Rajputana" was torpedoed by "U-108" in the Denmark Strait and sunk on 13 April 1941.

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* [http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/viewship.asp?id=15391 SS "Rawalpindi" at Clyde-built database]
* [http://www.internet-promotions.co.uk/archives/caithness/rawalpindi.htm Against all odds - HMS Rawalpindi]
* [http://ahoy.tk-jk.net/macslog/AlliedArmedMerchantCruise.html Allied Armed Merchant Cruisers of WW2]
* [http://www.scharnhorst-class.dk/scharnhorst/history/scharnnorthernpatrolattack.html Scharnhorst - The History]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/84/a7068684.shtml My Night to Remember- The Sinking of the HMS Rawalpindi]


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