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 Penzance was a frigate of 1665
 * The second Penzance 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 GERMAN SUBMARINE U-37.
 * The fourth and current HMS Penzance (M106) is a Sandown-class minehunter launched in 1997 and commissioned in 1998.