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HMS Penzance
There have been four ships of the Royal Navy name HMS Penzance. The ships motto is Diligenter Pensa (Diligent thought).
- The first Penzance was a frigate of 1665
- The second Penzance was a frigate of 1747
- The third Penzance (L28) was a Bridgwater class sloop launched in 1930 and torpedoed and sunk in 1940 whilst on convoy protection duty by U-37 .
- The fourth and current Penzance (M106) is a Sandown class minehunter launched in 1997 and commissioned in 1998.
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