HMS Penzance

There have been four ships of the Royal Navy name HMS Penzance, named for the port of Penzance in Cornwall. The ships motto is Diligenter Pensa (Diligent thought).

The first HMS Penzance (1665) was a frigate of 1665
The second HMS Penzance (1747) was a frigate of 1747
The third HMS Penzance (L28) was a Hastings-class sloop launched in 1930 and torpedoed and sunk in 1940 whilst on convoy protection duty by U-37.
The fourth HMS Penzance (M106) was a Sandown-class minehunter launched in 1997, commissioned in 1998 and decommissioned in 2024.

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