HMS Rawalpindi was a British armed merchant cruiser (a converted ocean liner employed as a convoy escort, as a patrol vessel, or to enforce a blockade) that was sunk in a surface action against the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau during …

On 23 November 1939, HMS Rawalpindi (Capt. Edward Coverley Kennedy, RN) on Northern Patrol was shelled and sunk by the German battlecruiser Scharnhorst southeast of Iceland in the Iceland-Faroe passage in position 63º40'N, 12º31'W. 275 dead and 37 survivors.

After her conversion to an armed merchant cruiser for convoy escort duty in the Atlantic, HMS Rawalpindi encountered the 26,000-ton German battlecruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau and fell victim to the enemy warships in a gallant stand against overwhelming odds.

Nov 18, 2005 · Meeting the Rawalpindi had frustrated their attempt to break out into the Atlantic undetected, and were forced to return to Germany.

Sep 19, 2024 · HMS Rawalpindi was a British armed merchant cruiser (a converted ocean liner employed as a convoy escort, as a patrol vessel, or to enforce a blockade) that was sunk in a surface action against the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau during the first months of the Second World War.

HMS Rawalpindi was a British armed merchant cruiser (a converted passenger ship) that was sunk in a surface action against the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau during the first months of Second World War.

Want to know more about HMS Rawalpindi? These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Second World War. My dad’s brother, Richard John Bunt, served on HMS Rawalpindi. Both brothers, from their S-459 Certificate of Service, were in the RNR.

H M Armed Merchant Cruiser Rawalpindi was formerly a liner of the Peninsular & Oriental Navigation Company, and displaced 17000 tons. She was taken over by the Admiralty in 1939, and was sunk on 23 November 1939 by gunfire from the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, south east of Iceland, on her third patrol.

Jun 2, 2009 · On 23 November 1939, HMS Rawalpindi (Capt. Edward Coverley Kennedy, RN) on Northern Patrol was shelled and sunk by the German battlecruiser Scharnhorst southeast of Iceland in the Iceland-Faroe passage in position 63º40'N, 12º31'W. 275 dead and 37 survivors.

Jul 8, 2010 · HMS Rawalpindi was a British armed merchant cruiser (a converted passenger ship) that was sunk during the Second World War. She started life as the 16,695 registered tons P. & O. Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. ocean liner SS Rawalpindi out of London.