List of ships of the Second World War (P)

The List of ships of the Second World War contains major military vessels of the war, arranged alphabetically and by type. The list includes armed vessels that served during the war and in the immediate aftermath, inclusive of localized ongoing combat operations, garrison surrenders, post-surrender occupation, colony re-occupation, troop and prisoner repatriation, to the end of 1945. For smaller vessels, see also list of World War II ships of less than 1000 tons. Some uncompleted Axis ships are included, out of historic interest. Ships are designated to the country under which they operated for the longest period of the Second World War, regardless of where they were built or previous service history. Submarines show submerged displacement. [1][2][3][4]

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Ship Country or organization Class Type Displacement (tons) First commissioned Fate
Pakenham  Royal Navy P destroyer 1,690 4 February 1942 constructive loss, scuttled 16 April 1943
Paladin  Royal Navy P destroyer 1,690 December 1941 paid off June 1961, scrapped 1962
Pandora  Royal Navy Parthian submarine 2,070 30 June 1930 sunk 1 April 1942, scrapped 1955
Panther  Hellenic Navy Wild Beast destroyer 1,030 19 October 1912 Decommissioned 1946
Panther  Royal Navy P destroyer 1,690 12 December 1941 sunk 9 October 1943
Parana  Argentina Rosario class gunboat 1,055 Sold 28 August 1958
Paris  French Navy
 Royal Navy		 Courbet dreadnought 23,475 5 June 1913 captured by Britain 3 July 1940 used as depot ship, scrapped 1956
Parker  United States Navy Benson destroyer 1,620 31 August 1942 decommissioned 1947, scrapped 1973
Parry Sound  Royal Canadian Navy Flower modified corvette 1,015 30 August 1944 10 July 1945
Parthian  Royal Navy Parthian submarine 2,070 30 June 1930 sunk August 1943
Partridge  Royal Navy P destroyer 1,690 5 July 1941 paid off 1 January 1946
Pasadena  United States Navy Cleveland class light cruiser 11,800 8 June 1944 scrapped 1970
Pathan  Royal Indian Navy P sloop 623 5 August 1921 sunk 23 June 1940.
Pathfinder  Royal Navy P destroyer 1,690 13 April 1942 paid off 1945, scrapped 1948
Patia  Royal Navy fighter catapult ship sunk 1941
Patna  Royal Indian Navy Basset minesweeper 529 1941–1944 1941–1944
Patria  Cuba gunboat 1,200
Patroclus  Royal Navy armed merchant cruiser 11,314 12 September 1939 sunk 4 November 1940
Patroller  Royal Navy Ruler escort carrier 11,400 22 October 1943 paid off 7 February 1947, scrapped February 1974
Patterson  United States Navy Bagley destroyer 1,500 22 September 1937 scrapped 1947
Peder Skram  Royal Danish Navy Herluf Trolle coastal defence ship 3,494 scuttled 29 August 1943
Pegasus  Royal Navy fighter catapult ship 7,080 10 December 1914 HMS Ark Royal to 1934, paid off June 1946
Penetang  Royal Canadian Navy River frigate 1,445 19 October 1944 paid off 2 September 1955
Penn  Royal Navy P destroyer 1,690 10 February 1942 scrapped 30 October 1950
Pennsylvania  United States Navy Pennsylvania super dreadnought 33,000 12 June 1916 Decommissioned 29 August 1946, sunk as target 10 February 1948
Pennywort  Royal Navy Flower corvette 925 5 March 1942
Pensacola  United States Navy Pensacola-class heavy cruiser 9,100 6 February 1930 sunk as target 1948
Pentstemon  Royal Navy Flower corvette 925 31 July 1941
Penylan  Royal Navy Hunt destroyer escort 1,050 25 August 1942 sunk 3 December 1942
Peony  Royal Navy
 Hellenic Navy		 Flower corvette 925 2 August 1940 to Greece as Sachtouris 1943, scrapped 1952
Perkins  United States Navy Mahan destroyer 1,450 18 September 1936 sunk 29 November 1942
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Perseus (I)  Royal Navy Colossus aircraft maintenance carrier 13,200 16 December 1944 transferred to France 6 August 1946, renamed Arromanches
Perseus (II)  Royal Navy Parthian submarine 2,070 15 April 1930 sunk 6 December 1941.
Pert  United States Navy Flower modified corvette 1,015 23 July 1943 3 October 1945
Perth  Royal Australian Navy modified Leander class light cruiser 6,980 29 June 1939 (former HMS Amphion) sunk 1 March 1942
Peshawar  Royal Indian Navy Basset minesweeper 529 1941–1944 1941–1944
Petard  Royal Navy P destroyer 1,690 15 June 1942 scrapped June 1967
Peterborough  Royal Canadian Navy Flower modified corvette 1,015 1 June 1944 19 July 1945
Petropavlovsk  Soviet Navy Admiral Hipper heavy cruiser 14,680 fought incomplete in siege of Leningrad, and as Tallinn
Petunia  Royal Navy Flower corvette 925 13 January 1941
Phelps  United States Navy Porter destroyer 1,850 26 February 1936 scrapped 1947
Philadelphia  United States Navy Brooklyn class light cruiser 10,200 23 September 1937 transferred to Brazil as Almirante Barroso 1951, scrapped 1973
Phlox  Royal Navy Flower corvette 925 May 1942
Phoenix  United States Navy Brooklyn class light cruiser 10,200 3 October 1938 transferred to Argentina as General Belgrano 1951, sunk by HMS Conqueror in Falklands War on 2 May 1982
Phoenix  Royal Navy Parthian submarine 2,070 3 February 1931 sunk 16 July 1940
Picotee  Royal Navy Flower corvette 925 5 September 1940 sunk on 12 August 1941 by U-568[5]
Pictou  Royal Canadian Navy Flower corvette 925 29 April 1941 paid off 12 July 1945
Piet Hein  Royal Netherlands Navy Admiralen class destroyer 1,337 25 January 1929 Sunk 19 February 1942
Pimpernel  Royal Navy Flower corvette 925 9 January 1941
Pindos  Hellenic Navy Hunt destroyer escort 1,050 27 June 1942 paid off 1959, scrapped 1960
Ping Hai  China light cruiser 2,200 became Yasoshima (Japan)
Pinguin  Kriegsmarine Auxiliary cruiser 17,600 6 February 1940 sunk 8 May 1941
Pink  Royal Navy Flower corvette 925 2 July 1942 declared total loss after 27 June 1944 in attack by U-988[6]
Pioneer  Royal Navy Colossus aircraft maintenance carrier 13,200 8 February 1945 scrapped September 1954
Piorun  Poland N destroyer 1,690 4 November 1940 to Poland October 1940, to UK August 1946, scrapped 1955
Pittsburgh  United States Navy Baltimore class heavy cruiser 17,200 10 October 1944 decommissioned 1956, scrapped 1974
Plunkett  United States Navy Gleaves destroyer 1,630 17 July 1940 to Taiwan 1959, scrapped 1975
Pluton  French Navy minelayer light cruiser 4,773 10 April 1931 lost 13 September 1939
Pola  Regia Marina Zara class heavy cruiser 11,730 1932 sunk 28 March 1941
Polyanthus  Royal Navy Flower corvette 925 24 April 1941 sunk on 21 September 1943 by U-952[7]
Pompeo Magno  Regia Marina Capitani Romani class light cruiser (also known as exploratori oceanici) 3,750
Poona  Royal Indian Navy Basset minesweeper 529 1941–1944 1941–1944
Poppy  Royal Navy Flower corvette 925 12 May 1942
Porcupine  Royal Navy P destroyer 1,690 31 August 1942 Strangest vessel of the war? Torpedoed, split almost in half, declared constructive loss March 1943. Towed to harbour, cut into two, rebuilt, and each half was re-commissioned into the Royal Navy; as HMS Pork, and HMS Pine. Paid off 31 August 1946.
Port Arthur  Royal Canadian Navy Flower corvette 925 26 May 1942 paid off 11 July 1945
Port Colborne  Royal Canadian Navy River frigate 1,445 15 November 1943 paid off 7 November 1945
Porter  United States Navy Porter destroyer 1,850 25 August 1936 sunk 26 October 1942
Portland  United States Navy Portland class heavy cruiser 9,950 23 February 1933 decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1959
Portsmouth  United States Navy Cleveland class light cruiser 11,800 20 September 1944 scrapped 1974
Poseidon  Royal Navy Parthian submarine 2,070 5 May 1930 sunk in accidental collision with a merchant 9 June 1931
Potentilla  Royal Navy
 Royal Norwegian Navy		 Flower corvette 925 16 January 1942 to Norway 16 January 1942, to RN 13 March 1944
Poundmaker  Royal Canadian Navy River frigate 1,445 17 September 1944 paid off 25 November 1945
Premier  Royal Navy Ruler escort carrier 11,400 3 November 1943 paid off 21 May 1946, scrapped 1976
Prescott  Royal Canadian Navy Flower corvette 925 26 June 1941 paid off 20 July 1945
Preston  United States Navy Mahan destroyer 1,450 27 October 1936 sunk 14 November 1942
Prestonian  Royal Canadian Navy River frigate 1,445 13 September 1944 paid off 24 April 1956
Pretoria Castle  Royal Navy armed merchant cruiser 23,450 28 November 1939 training merchant aircraft carrier from July 1943, reconverted to passenger liner
Primauguet  French Navy Duguay-Trouin-class light cruiser 7,249 1 April 1927 scuttled 8 November 1942
Primrose  Royal Navy Flower corvette 925 15 July 1940
Primula  Royal Navy Flower corvette 925 27 August 1940
Prudent  United States Navy Flower modified corvette 1,015 16 August 1943 11 October 1945
Prince David  Royal Canadian Navy armed merchant cruiser 5,736 28 December 1940 Broken up 1951
Prince Henry  Royal Canadian Navy armed merchant cruiser 6,893 3 November 1940 paid off July 1946
Prince of Wales  Royal Navy King George V battleship 35,000 31 March 1941 sunk 10 December 1941
Prince Robert  Royal Canadian Navy armed merchant cruiser 6,892 December 1940 paid off 10 December 1945
Prince Rupert  Royal Canadian Navy River frigate 1,445 30 August 1943 paid off 15 January 1946
Princeton  United States Navy Independence light aircraft carrier 11,000 25 February 1943 sunk 24 October 1944
Prins van Oranje  Royal Netherlands Navy Prins van Oranje minelayer 1,291 2 February 1932 sunk 12 January 1942
Prinz Eugen  Kriegsmarine enlarged Admiral Hipper-class heavy cruiser 14,680 1 August 1940 sunk after A-bomb test at Bikini in 1946
Proteus  Royal Navy Parthian submarine 2,070 5 May 1930 Scrapped in March 1946 at Troon.
Provence  French Navy Bretagne super dreadnought 22,200 1 March 1916 scuttled 27 November 1942,
Providence  United States Navy Cleveland class light cruiser 11,800 15 May 1945 converted to missile cruiser 1959, scrapped 1980
Prunella  Royal Navy Special Service Ship 4,443 sunk 21 June 1940
Psara  Hellenic Navy Freccia modified destroyer 1,350 1933 sunk 20 April 1941
Puckeridge  Royal Navy Hunt destroyer escort 1,000 sunk 6 September 1943 by U-617
Puncher  Royal Navy
 Royal Canadian Navy		 Ruler escort carrier 11,400 5 February 1944 Crewed by RCN, paid off 16 February 1946, scrapped 1973
Punjab  Royal Indian Navy Bathurst corvette 1,025 20 March 1942 Decommissioned 1949
Punjabi  Royal Navy Tribal destroyer 2,020 29 March 1939 sunk 1 May 1942
Pursuer  Royal Navy Attacker escort carrier 11,400 14 June 1943 Returned to USN 12 February 1946, sold for scrap May 1946.
Pytchley  Royal Navy Hunt destroyer escort 1,050 23 October 1940 paid off 1946, scrapped 1956

References

  1. ↑ Naval Vessel Register Index
  2. ↑ "US Navy Inactive Classification Symbols". Naval Vessel Register. NAVSEA Shipbuilding Support Office. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  3. ↑ Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships Index
  4. ↑ Archives, The National. "Royal Navy operations in the Second World War - The National Archives". The National Archives. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
  5. ↑ HMS Picotee (K 63) (British Corvette) - Ships hit by German U-boats during WWII - uboat.net
  6. ↑ HMS Pink (K 137) (British Corvette) - Ships hit by German U-boats during WWII - uboat.net
  7. ↑ HMS Polyanthus (K 47) (British Corvette) - Ships hit by German U-boats during WWII - uboat.net
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