Talk:HMS Penelope (F127)

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In 1988 HMS Penelope lost her steering and collided with the Canadian Navy supply ship Preserver. I was 4 feet from the impact area on Preserver. Bob Morrell ylloh at nbnet, nb, ca

I've edited the comment above, by changing the at symbol to a word and adding some spaces, in the hope that it helps cut down on the amount of spam that my dad gets. (Hi Dad!) --Drakkenfyre 22:01, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Killing passengers and crew????
"In 1968, Penelope assisted in the aftermath of the Aer Lingus Flight 712 crash in the Irish Sea, killing all sixty-one passengers and crew."

I had no idea the Royal Navy had ever done such a heinous thing... BobThePirate 17:57, 23 December 2006 (UTC)


 * That's exactly what I was thinking when I read it. I'll make an edit. SkipSmith (talk) 09:06, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Fastest Towed Vessel?
Did not PENELOPE hold the world record as one stage of being the fasted towed vessel? I recall the trophy cabinet in the Officers cabin flat having an example of the tow rope before and after the tow. She was towed at high speed with her propellors off to investage hull noise.

babus123 we were been towed at high speed without our props, when we lost power to the steering the ship veered to starboard (I think)resulting in all the hand rails been flattened on the port bow. I actually thought at the time we were going to be pulled over. I remember watching video of the incident later showing all the boffins running away from the bow. rumour had it that the tow rope stretched nearly a 1/4 of a mile. and that was the reason we had it mounted and presented. I new we were been towed very fast but I never heard about any record, and I served for a year in gibraltar doing trials

I am sure you are right about this. My father (Jeremy Powell) was CO at about the time.But I can't find any ref to it in Guinness World Records. Jonathancbpowell (talk) 17:50, 31 March 2013 (UTC)

No loss of steering!!
I was on board the Penelope at the time of the collision with the preserver, as far as im concerned there was no loss of steering it was down to human error. It was an horrific impact which could of quite easily sank the Penelope if it was'nt for the quick reactions of the damage control teams. A big thank you to the USS Hayler who came to our aid.