HMS ''Offa'' was an
O-class destroyer
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larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against powerful short range attackers. They were originally developed in ...
of the
Royal Navy which entered service in 1941 and was scrapped in 1959.
Service history
Second World War service
During November 1941 ''Offa'' was part of the escort of
Convoy PQ 4
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, the fifth of the Arctic Convoys of the
Second World War. The convoy sailed from
Hvalfjord, Iceland on 17 November 1941 and arrived at
Arkhangelsk on 28 November 1941.
On 14 September 1942 ''Offa'' (Lt.Cdr.
R.A. Ewing) picked up survivors from the British tanker which had been damaged by a torpedo from the south west of
Bear Island.
On 26 January 1944 ''Offa'' picked up survivors from the British merchant that was sunk by a torpedo from the in the
Barents Sea north of
North Cape.
She took part in the King's Birthday celebrations at Kiel on 2 June 1945 together with HMS ''Obedient''
Postwar service
In 1946 ''Offa'' served as a target ship for submarines, until being placed in reserve at
Devonport in February 1948. In April 1948 she was refitted at Devonport and on 30 November 1949 she was transferred to
Pakistan and renamed ''Tariq''.
She was returned to the Royal Navy at Portsmouth in July 1959. She was then scrapped, arriving at
Sunderland
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on 13 October 1959.
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O and P-class destroyers
Ships built in Govan
1941 ships
World War II destroyers of the United Kingdom
O-class destroyers of the Pakistan Navy