Name HMS Pytchley Laid down 26 July 1939 Decommissioned 1946 Construction started 26 July 1939 Length 85 m | Ordered 11 April 1939 Completed 23 October 1940 Identification pennant numberL92 Launched 13 February 1940 Draft 2.51 m | |
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Builder Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company | ||
HMS Pytchley was a Type I Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy which served in World War II. She was scrapped in 1956.
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Service History
Pytchley was ordered on 11 April 1939 under the 1939 War Emergency Build Programme as job number J111. She was completed on 23 October 1940. She was adopted by the Municipal Borough of Kettering in Northamptonshire as part of Warship Week in 1942.
She earned battle honours during the Second World War for the North Sea 1941-1945, where she spent the majority of her service. During 1941 she struck a mine off Flamborough Head and was subsequently repaired on the River Tyne. In June 1944 she formed part of the Naval escort force in support of the Normandy Landings, providing support during the assault on Gold Beach.
Following the war she was employed as an Aircraft Target ship in December 1945. She then transferred to the Reserve Fleet at Devonport in 1946. She remained there until sold to BISCO for scrap. She arrived at the breakers yard at Llanlley on 1 December 1956.