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'''HMS ''Onslaught'' |
'''HMS ''Onslaught''''' was an [[O and P-class destroyer|O-class]] [[destroyer]] of the [[Royal Navy]] which entered service in 1941. She was originally to have been named ''Pathfinder'', but this was changed during construction. She was adopted by the [[Isle of Wight]] as part of the [[Warship Week]] campaign in 1942. After the [[Second World War]] she was sold to Pakistan and scrapped in 1977. |
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===Second World War service=== |
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⚫ | On 19 June 1942 ''Onslaught'' was commissioned for service in the [[17th Destroyer Flotilla]], as part of the Home Fleet. She took part in convoy escort duties throughout the war, including the [[Arctic convoys of World War II|Arctic convoys]] and the [[Battle of the Atlantic]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-10DD-47O-HMS_Onslaught.htm |title=HMS Onslaught (G04) – O-class destroyer |publisher=naval-history.net |accessdate=4 April 2015}}</ref> She also undertook patrol duties in the [[English Channel]] during the [[Invasion of Normandy|Normandy landings]] in 1944. |
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⚫ | ''Onslaught'' remained in commission after [[Victory over Japan Day|VJ Day]] and in September 1945 was deployed for training duties at Portsmouth Gunnery School, HMS ''Excellent''. In December she was detached to take part in [[Operation Deadlight]], the destruction of surrendered [[U-boat]]s in the [[Northwestern Approaches]]. Between 1946 and 1949 she was used as a submarine target ship in the Clyde. The ship was paid off early in 1950 and put on the Disposal List. |
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⚫ | ''Onslaught'' remained in commission after VJ Day and in September 1945 was deployed for training duties at Portsmouth Gunnery School, HMS ''Excellent''. In December she was detached to take part in [[Operation Deadlight]], the destruction of surrendered U- |
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She was transferred to the [[Pakistan Navy]] on 3 March 1951 and renamed PNS ''Tughril''.<ref>{{cite book|editor=Blackman, Raymond V B |title=Jane's Fighting Ships 1963-4 |publisher=Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd |location=London |pages=195}}</ref> |
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In 1957 the ship was converted at Liverpool to a Type 16 anti-submarine [[frigate]] and remained on the Active List until 1975.<ref>{{cite book|last=Critchley |first=Mike |title=British Warships Since 1945: Part 3: Destroyers |publisher=Maritime Books |location=Liskeard, UK |date=1982 |isbn=0-9506323-9-2 |pages=16}}</ref> She was scrapped in 1977. |
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* {{Cite Colledge2006}} |
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* {{cite book|last1=Connell|first1=G. G.|title=Arctic Destroyers: The 17th Flotilla|year=1982|publisher=William Kimber|location=London|isbn=0-7183-0428-4}} |
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* {{cite book|last=English|first=John|title=Obdurate to Daring: British Fleet Destroyers 1941–45|publisher=World Ship Society|location=Windsor, UK|year=2001|isbn=978-0-9560769-0-8}} |
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* {{cite book|last=Friedman|first=Norman|title=British Destroyers & Frigates: The Second World War and After|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland|date=2006|isbn=1-86176-137-6}} |
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* {{cite book|last=Lenton|first=H. T.|author-link=Henry Trevor Lenton|title=British & Empire Warships of the Second World War|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland|year=1998|isbn=1-55750-048-7}} |
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* {{cite book|last=Raven|first=Alan|last2=Roberts|first2=John |title=War Built Destroyers O to Z Classes|publisher=Bivouac Books|location=London|year=1978|isbn=0-85680-010-4}} |
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* {{cite book|last=Rohwer|first=Jürgen|title=Chronology of the War at Sea 1939–1945: The Naval History of World War Two|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland|year=2005|edition=Third Revised|isbn=1-59114-119-2}} |
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* {{cite book|last=Whitley|first=M. J.|title=Destroyers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia|publisher=Naval Institute Press|year=1988|isbn=0-87021-326-1|location=Annapolis, Maryland|author-link=Michael J. Whitley}} |
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Latest revision as of 07:18, 11 June 2022
HMS Onslaught during the Second World War
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Onslaught |
Ordered | 3 September 1939 |
Builder | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan |
Laid down | 14 January 1941 |
Launched | 9 October 1941 |
Commissioned | 19 June 1942 |
Identification | Pennant number: G04 later D04 |
Fate | Transferred to Pakistan, 6 March 1951 |
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Name | Tughril |
Acquired | 6 March 1951 |
Identification | Pennant number F204 changed to 261 in 1963 |
Fate | Scrapped 1977 |
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Class and type | O-class destroyer |
Displacement | 1,610 long tons (1,640 t) (standard) |
Length | 345 ft (105.2 m) (o/a) |
Beam | 35 ft (10.7 m) |
Draught | 13 ft 6 in (4.1 m) |
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Propulsion | 2 × shafts; 2 × geared steam turbines |
Speed | 37 knots (69 km/h; 43 mph) |
Range | 3,850 nmi (7,130 km; 4,430 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Complement | 176+ |
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HMS Onslaught was an O-class destroyer of the Royal Navy which entered service in 1941. She was originally to have been named Pathfinder, but this was changed during construction. She was adopted by the Isle of Wight as part of the Warship Week campaign in 1942. After the Second World War she was sold to Pakistan and scrapped in 1977.
Service history[edit]
Second World War service[edit]
On 19 June 1942 Onslaught was commissioned for service in the 17th Destroyer Flotilla, as part of the Home Fleet. She took part in convoy escort duties throughout the war, including the Arctic convoys and the Battle of the Atlantic.[1] She also undertook patrol duties in the English Channel during the Normandy landings in 1944.
Postwar service[edit]
Onslaught remained in commission after VJ Day and in September 1945 was deployed for training duties at Portsmouth Gunnery School, HMS Excellent. In December she was detached to take part in Operation Deadlight, the destruction of surrendered U-boats in the Northwestern Approaches. Between 1946 and 1949 she was used as a submarine target ship in the Clyde. The ship was paid off early in 1950 and put on the Disposal List.
Pakistan service[edit]
She was transferred to the Pakistan Navy on 3 March 1951 and renamed PNS Tughril.[2] In 1957 the ship was converted at Liverpool to a Type 16 anti-submarine frigate and remained on the Active List until 1975.[3] She was scrapped in 1977.
Notes[edit]
- ^ "HMS Onslaught (G04) – O-class destroyer". naval-history.net. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
- ^ Blackman, Raymond V B (ed.). Jane's Fighting Ships 1963-4. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd. p. 195.
- ^ Critchley, Mike (1982). British Warships Since 1945: Part 3: Destroyers. Liskeard, UK: Maritime Books. p. 16. ISBN 0-9506323-9-2.
References[edit]
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
- Connell, G. G. (1982). Arctic Destroyers: The 17th Flotilla. London: William Kimber. ISBN 0-7183-0428-4.
- English, John (2001). Obdurate to Daring: British Fleet Destroyers 1941–45. Windsor, UK: World Ship Society. ISBN 978-0-9560769-0-8.
- Friedman, Norman (2006). British Destroyers & Frigates: The Second World War and After. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-86176-137-6.
- Lenton, H. T. (1998). British & Empire Warships of the Second World War. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-048-7.
- Raven, Alan; Roberts, John (1978). War Built Destroyers O to Z Classes. London: Bivouac Books. ISBN 0-85680-010-4.
- Rohwer, Jürgen (2005). Chronology of the War at Sea 1939–1945: The Naval History of World War Two (Third Revised ed.). Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-59114-119-2.
- Whitley, M. J. (1988). Destroyers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-326-1.