HMS Punjabi (F21)

HMS Punjabi (F21)

As designed:
8 × 4.7 in (0.12 m) L/45 QF Mark XII guns (4x2), 16 × QF 2-pounder anti-aircraft guns (4x4), 8 × .5 in (13 mm) anti-aircraft machine guns (2x4), 4 × 15 ft 8 in (4.78 m) torpedo tubes (Mk.IX torpedoes), 1 × depth charge rack, 2 × depth charge throwers

War modifications:
6 × 4.7 in (120 mm) L/45 QF Mk.XII guns (3x2), 2 × QF 4 in (100 mm) Mk.XVI guns, 16 × 2-pounder anti-aircraft guns (4x4), 4 × single and twin 20 mm cannons, 4 × 21 in (530 mm) torpedo tubes (Mk.IX torpedoes), 1 × depth charge rack, 2 × depth charge throwers

HMS Punjabi was a Tribal-class destroyer of the Royal Navy that saw service in the Second World War, being sunk in a collision with the battleship King George V. She has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name "Punjabi" which — in common with the other ships of the Tribal-class — was named after an ethnic group of the British Empire. In this case, these were the Punjabi people, the inhabitants of the Punjab region between India and Pakistan.