HMS Penelope (1944): Shipwreck Map, Location & Facts

HMS Penelope 1944

Marker: recorded wreck position (Second World War).

Key facts

Name	HMS Penelope	Wikidata label
Year lost	1944	Wikidata P793 significant event, point-in-time qualifier
Era	Second World War	derived from year
Ship type	light cruiser	Wikidata P31 instance of
Cause of loss	War action	Keyword match in English Wikipedia lead sentence
Nationality / flag	United Kingdom	Wikidata P8047 country of registry
Operator	Royal Navy	Wikidata P137 operator
Conflict	Operation Weserübung	Wikidata P607 conflict
Sea / ocean	Tyrrhenian Sea	Natural Earth marine areas (public domain), point-in-polygon
Nearest coast	Italy	Natural Earth (public domain); approx. 55 km from land
Position	40.5500, 13.2500	Wikidata P793 significant event, coordinate qualifier (CC0)

About the wreck

HMS Penelope was an Arethusa-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy. She was built by Harland & Wolff (Belfast, Northern Ireland); her keel was laid down on 30 May 1934. She was launched on 15 October 1935, and commissioned 13 November 1936. She was torpedoed and sunk by the German U-boat U-410 near Naples with great loss of life on 18 February 1944. On wartime service with Force K, she was holed so many times by bomb fragments that she acquired the nickname "HMS Pepperpot".

Location

Recorded position: 40.5500, 13.2500 (Wikidata P793 significant event, coordinate qualifier (CC0); may be approximate)
Sea / ocean: Tyrrhenian Sea
Nearest coast: Italy

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Text adapted from the Wikipedia article HMS Penelope (97) (revision 1375014146), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: excerpted from the article lead section; condensed by selecting paragraphs; citations and formatting removed. No text added. This excerpt is available under the same licence.