HMS PALADIN (G69)
LAMBERT M. SURHONE, MARIAM T. TENNOE, SUSAN F. HENSSONOW
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HMS Paladin (G69) was a P-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service during the Second World War.
Following the sinking of the heavy cruisers Cornwall and Dorsetshire, on 5 April 1942, Paladin took part in the rescue operations, and assisted in the recovery of approximately 1,120 men from both crews.
While escorting Convoy KR-8 on 12 February 1944, she helped her sister ship HMS Petard destroy the Japanese submarine I-27 after she had sunk the SS Khedive Ismail with the loss of 1,297 people.
