HMS Paxton
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HMS Paxton was a First World War Royal Navy Q-ship torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-46 on 20 May 1917 in the Atlantic Ocean 90 miles (140 km) west of Great Skellig, Eire.[1] The ship was originally ordered as Lady Patricia for the British and Irish Steam Packet Company[1] but taken over on completion by the British Government as HMAV Lady Patricia.[2]
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Name | HMAV Lady Patricia |
Builder | Ardrossan Dockyard & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Ardrossan[1] |
Yard number | 268[1] |
Launched | 1916[1] |
Refit | March-30 April 1917 (Conversion to Q-ship)[2] |
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Name | HMS Paxton |
Commissioned | 1 May 1917[2] |
Fate | Sunk 20 May 1917[1] |
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Tonnage | 1,372 GRT[1] |
Length | 75.9 m (249 ft 0 in)[1] |
Beam | 11.6 m (38 ft 1 in)[1] |
Propulsion | Triple expansion steam engine built by John G. Kincaid & Company driving single screw, 162 nhp[1] |
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The ship was damaged by gunfire from the German submarine U-57 on 30 March 1917 in St George's Channel and six crew killed.[3][4] Shortly afterwards work started on converting her to an anti-submarine Q-ship, Q25, which was completed on 30 April 1917.[2] The ship was commissioned as HMS Paxton the following day and sunk less than three weeks later.