HMS Offa (G29)

HMS "Offa" (G29) was an O-class destroyer of the Royal Navy which entered service in 1941.

During November 1941 HMS "Offa" was part of Convoy PQ-4, the fifth of the Arctic Convoys of World War II. The convoy sailed from Hvalfjord, Iceland on 17 November 1941 and arrived at Arkhangelsk on 28 November 1941 [Richard Woodman, Arctic Convoys 1941-1945 , 1994, ISBN 0-7195-5752-6 ] .

On 14 September 1942 HMS "Offa" (Lt.Cdr. R.A. Ewing) picked up survivors from the British tanker "Atheltemplar" damaged by a torpedo from the German submarine "U-457" south west of Bear Island.

On 26 January 1944, under Lt.Cdr. R.F. Leonard "Offa" picked up survivors from the British merchant "Fort Bellingham" that was sunk by a torpedo from the German submarine "U-957" in the Barents Sea north of North Cape.

On 30 November 1949 "Offa" was transferred to Pakistan and renamed "Tariq". She was scrapped at Sunderland on 13 October 1959 [ [http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/pakistan_navy.htm Ex-British O class destroyers] at battleships-cruisers.co.uk] .

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