| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | P |
| Pennant | G 30 |
| Built by | Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. (Govan, Scotland) |
| Ordered | 20 Oct, 1939 |
| Laid down | 3 Jun, 1940 |
| Launched | 5 Aug, 1941 |
| Commissioned | 22 Feb, 1942 |
| Lost | 18 Dec, 1942 |
| Loss position | 35.50N, 01.35W (See a map) |
| History | At 08.06 hours on 18 December 1942 HMS Partridge (Lt.Cdr. William Alan Frank Hawkins, DSO, OBE, RN), on an anti-submarine sweep, was hit by one torpedo from the German submarine U-565 and sank west of Oran, Algeria in position 35º50'N, 01º35'W.
Commanding Officer: Hit by U-boat |
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