| Name: | PATHFINDER launched as ONSLAUGHT |
| Type: | Destroyer |
| Keel: | 05/03/1940 |
| Launched: | 10/04/1941 |
| Completed: | 13/04/1942 |
| Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 626 |
| Dimensions: | 1690disp - 2250disp, 328.8 x 35.0 x 9.0(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, SR geared, Parsons type, 40000shp |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 36.8knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 5 x 1 x 4.0ins QF, 1 x 4 x 2pdr guns; 1 x 4 x 21.0ins torpedoes |
| History: | |
| 04/02/1942 | British Royal Navy |
| 11/1948 | Broken up |
| Comments: | A member of the P Class of War Emergency Destroyers |
| 11/02/1945: Damaged by Japanese air attack off Ramree Island, Burma | |
| 1945: Declared a total loss | |
| 1947: Used for target trials | |
| 11/1948: Arrived at Milford Haven for breaking up by Howells |
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