| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | O |
| Pennant | G 29 |
| Built by | Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. (Govan, Scotland) |
| Ordered | 3 Sep 1939 |
| Laid down | 15 Jan 1940 |
| Launched | 11 Mar 1941 |
| Commissioned | 20 Sep 1941 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | Transferred to Pakistan on 30 November 1949 being renamed Tariq. Scrapped at Sunderland on 13 October 1959. Commanding Officers: Capt. James Abernethy McCoy, DSO, RN Lt.Cdr. Rowland Francis Leonard, RN Lt.Cdr. Reginald Charles Biggs, DSO, DSC and Bar, RN Lt.Cdr. Ernest Michael Thorpe, DSO, RN |
Commands listed for HMS Offa (G 29)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. Robert Alastair Ewing, RN | 29 Jul 1941 | 12 Mar 1943 |
| 2 | Capt. James Abernethy McCoy, DSO, RN | 12 Mar 1943 | 3 Jun 1943 |
| 3 | Lt.Cdr. Rowland Francis Leonard, RN | 3 Jun 1943 | 15 Aug 1944 |
| 4 | Lt.Cdr. Reginald Charles Biggs, DSC, DSO, RN | 15 Aug 1944 | 8 Jan 1945 |
| 5 | Lt.Cdr. Ernest Michael Thorpe, DSO, RN | 8 Jan 1945 | Oct 1945 ? |
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Noteable events involving Offa include:
14 Sep 1942
HMS Offa (Lt.Cdr. R.A. Ewing, RN) picks up survivors from the British tanker Atheltemplar that was torpedoed and damaged by the German submarine U-457 southwest of Bear Island.
The wreck of the Atheltemplar and later sunk by the German submarine U-408 with a few rounds from the 88mm gun.
26 Jan 1944
HMS Offa (Lt.Cdr. R.F. Leonard, RN) picks up survivors from the British marchant Fort Bellingham that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-957 in the Barents Sea north of North Cape in position 73º25'N, 25º10'E.