Dates: 1941 - 1959

HMS Offa was an O class destroyer of the Royal Navy which was commissioned in 1941.

During November 1941 HMS Offa was part of Convoy PQ-4, the fifth of the Arctic Convoys of World War II. The Convoy sailed from Hvalfjord, Iceland on 17 November 1941 and arrived at Archangelsk on 28 November 1941.
On 14 September 1942 HMS Offa (Lt.Cdr. R.A. Ewing) picked up survivors from the British tanker Atheltemplar damaged by a torpedo from the German submarine U-457 south west of Bear Island.
On 26 January 1944, under Lt.Cdr. R.F. Leonard picked up survivors from the British merchant Fort Bellingham that was sunk by a torpedo from the German submarine U-957 in the Barents Sea north of North Cape.
On 30 November 1949 she was transferred to Pakistan and renamed Tariq. She was then scrapped at Sunderland on 13 October 1959.

Forces Reunited Forum Posts involving HMS Offa

" I am trying to find Christine, the daughter of William Thurston who was on the HMS Offa based in Hull between 1943 - 1945.Bill as he was known was born in Auckland, NZ in 1922 and served on board the Achilles before joining the HMS Offa. Christine has a brother in NZ. His name is Brian Thurston and he would love to speak to her. Last edited by Sue Williams"

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