HMS Peterel (1927)

HMS Peterel (1927)

HMS "Peterel" was a river gunboat built by Yarrow Shipbuilders at Scotstoun for service on the China station which entered service on 1927-07-18. Her name was a mistake - she should have been named "Petrel" as per the bird, but this was not noticed until after she had been launched. No attempt was made to correct it.

"Peterel" was the first Royal Navy vessel to be sunk by the Japanese navy in World War II, being sunk by the Japanese cruiser "Idzumo" on 1941-12-08 at Shanghai after refusing to surrender. At the time she was acting as a communications station manned only by a skeleton crew.

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