HMS Penzance

HMS Penzance

There have been four ships of the Royal Navy name HMS "Penzance", named for the port of Penzance in Cornwall. The ships motto is "Diligenter Pensa" (Diligent thought).

* The first "Penzance" was a frigate of 1665
* The second "Penzance" was a frigate of 1747
* The third "Penzance" (L28) was a "Bridgwater"-class sloop launched in 1930 and torpedoed and sunk in 1940 whilst on convoy protection duty by U-37.
* The fourth and current "Penzance" (M106) is a "Sandown"-class minehunter launched in 1997 and commissioned in 1998.


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