PLAQUE - HMS PENN
1946The badge has a round lower portion with a rolled rope effect around its perimeter. The centre has a base relief image of rampant Griffin with crown through the abdomen and a ripple effect behind. At the apex of the base is the word [PENN] while above this is a crown consisting of a boat centre flanked by sails and trunks.
The second ship to carry the name Penn was a P Class destroyer built by Vickers Armstrong on the Tyne. The keel was laid down on the 26th of December 1939, launched on the 12th of February 1941 and commissioned on the 10th of February 1942.
The HMS Penn saw action in the Mediterranean, North Atlantic and Indian Oceans, visited Fremantle Monday the 4th of March 1946 and was broken up at Troon in 1950.
It is believed that the AKRB hosted the crew of HMS Penn during its visit and this plaque was a gift of thanks to the AKRB and the local community. The badge was in the Armadale City chambers until the donation.
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A plaque presented by the crew of the HMS Penn to the then Armadale Kelmscott Roads Board during the Second World War. The officers and possibly crew as well were hosted by the Armadale area when they were berthed at Fremantle Harbour.
The ship operated in the Indian Ocean during the Second World War and presented the plaque in March 1946.
City of Armadale - History House
City of Armadale - History House
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