HMS Penzance

There have been four ships of the Royal Navy name HMS Penzance, named for the port of Penzance in Cornwall. The ships motto is Diligenter Pensa (Diligent thought).

• The first Penzance was a frigate of 1665
• The second Penzance was a frigate of 1747
• The third Penzance (L28) was a Hastings-class sloop launched in 1930 and torpedoed and sunk in 1940 whilst on convoy protection duty by U-37.
• The fourth and current Penzance (M106) is a Sandown-class minehunter launched in 1997 and commissioned in 1998.