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	HMS Onslaught during the Second World War
History
UK
Name	HMS Onslaught
Ordered	3 September 1939
Builder	Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan, Scotland
Laid down	14 January 1941
Launched	9 October 1941
Commissioned	19 June 1942
Fate	Transferred to Pakistan, 6 March 1951
Notes	Pennant number G04 later D04
History
Pakistan
Name	Tughril
Acquired	6 March 1951
Fate	Scrapped 1977
Notes	Pennant number F204 changed to 261 in 1963
General characteristics
Class and type	O-class destroyer
Displacement	1,540 long tons (1,560 t)
Length	345 ft (105 m) o/a
Beam	35 ft (11 m)
Draught	13 ft 6 in (4.11 m)
Propulsion	list error: <br /> list (help); 2 × Pearson geared steam turbines, 40,000 shp; 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers; 2 shafts
Speed	37 knots (43 mph; 69 km/h)
Range	3,850 nmi (7,130 km) at 20 kn (23 mph; 37 km/h)
Endurance	472 tons oil
Complement	175+
Armament	list error: <br /> list (help); • 4 × single QF 4.7-inch (120-mm) Mark IX guns on mounting CP Mk.XVIII; • 1 × single QF 4 in gun Mk.V on mounting HA Mk.III; • 1 × quad QF 2-pdr "pom-pom" mount Mk.VII; • 6 × single 20 mm Oerlikon guns; • 1 × quad 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes for Mk.IX torpedoes; • 4 × throwers and 2 × racks for 70 depth charges 2 x Squid ASW Mortars (after 1957);

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HMS Onslaught (G04) was an O-class destroyer of the Royal Navy which entered service in 1941. She was originally to have been named HMS Pathfinder, but this was changed during building. 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.

Second World War service

On 19th 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

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. She was transferred to the Pakistan Navy on 3rd March 1951 and renamed PNS Tugril.^[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

^ http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-10DD-47O-HMS_Onslaught.htm
^ Blackman, Raymond V B, Jane's Fighting Ships 1963-4, Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd, London, p195
^ Critchley, Mike, "British Warships Since 1945: Part 3: Destroyers", Maritime Books: Liskeard, UK, 1982. ISBN 0-9506323-9-2, page 16

References

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.
Raven, Alan; Roberts, John (1978). War Built Destroyers O to Z Classes. London: Bivouac Books. ISBN 0-85680-010-4.
Whitley, M. J. (1988). Destroyers of World War 2. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-326-1.

[1] ttp://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-10DD-47O-HMS_Onslaught.htm

[2] Blackman, Raymond V B, Jane's Fighting Ships 1963-4, Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd, London, p195

[3] Critchley, Mike, "British Warships Since 1945: Part 3: Destroyers", Maritime Books: Liskeard, UK, 1982. ISBN 0-9506323-9-2, page 16

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-'''HMS ''Onslaught'' (G04)''' was an [[O class destroyer|O-class]] [[destroyer]] of the [[Royal Navy]] which entered service in 1941. She was originally to have been named HMS ''Pathfinder'', but this was changed during build. 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.
+'''HMS ''Onslaught'' (G04)''' was an [[O class destroyer|O-class]] [[destroyer]] of the [[Royal Navy]] which entered service in 1941. She was originally to have been named HMS ''Pathfinder'', but this was changed during building. 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.
 ==Second World War service==
-On 19th June 1942 ''Onslaught'' 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>http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-10DD-47O-HMS_Onslaught.htm</ref> She also undertook patrol duties in the English Channel during the Normandy Landings in 1944.
+On 19th 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>http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-10DD-47O-HMS_Onslaught.htm</ref> She also undertook patrol duties in the English Channel during the Normandy Landings in 1944.
 ==Postwar service==
-''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 NW Approaches. Between 1946 and 1949 she was used as a Submarine target ship in the Clyde. The ship paid off early in 1950 and put on the Disposal List. She was transferred to the [[Pakistan Navy]] on 3rd March 1951 and renamed PNS ''Tugril''.<ref>Blackman, Raymond V B, Jane's Fighting Ships 1963-4, Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd, London, p195</ref>
+''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. She was transferred to the [[Pakistan Navy]] on 3rd March 1951 and renamed PNS ''Tugril''.<ref>Blackman, Raymond V B, Jane's Fighting Ships 1963-4, Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd, London, p195</ref>
 In 1957 the ship was converted at Liverpool to a Type-16 Anti-Submarine Frigate and remained on the Active List until 1975.<ref>Critchley, Mike, "British Warships Since 1945: Part 3: Destroyers", Maritime Books: Liskeard, UK, 1982. ISBN 0-9506323-9-2, page 16</ref> She was scrapped in 1977.