HMS Punjabi 1942
Marker: recorded wreck position (Second World War).
Key facts
| Name | HMS Punjabi | Wikidata label |
|---|---|---|
| Year lost | 1942 | English Wikipedia lead text (year following a loss verb, parsed) |
| Era | Second World War | derived from year |
| Ship type | destroyer | Wikidata P31 instance of |
| Cause of loss | Collision | Keyword match in English Wikipedia lead sentence |
| Nationality / flag | United Kingdom | Wikidata P137 operator → P17 country |
| Operator | Royal Navy | Wikidata P137 operator |
| Conflict | Norwegian Campaign | Wikidata P607 conflict |
| Sea / ocean | Norwegian Sea | Natural Earth marine areas (public domain), point-in-polygon |
| Position | 66.0000, -8.0000 | Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0) |
About the wreck
HMS Punjabi was a Tribal-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy (RN) during the 1930s. Completed in 1939, she served in the Second World War until she was sunk in a collision with the battleship King George V in 1942. She has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name "Punjabi" which, in common with the other ships of the Tribal class, was named after various ethnic groups of the world, mainly those of the British Empire.
Location
- Recorded position: 66.0000, -8.0000 (Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0); may be approximate)
- Sea / ocean: Norwegian Sea
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Text adapted from the Wikipedia article HMS Punjabi (revision 1375239832), 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.
Wreck facts from Wikidata (CC0).
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