HMS Peterel (1927)

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History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Peterel
Builder	Yarrow Shipbuilders
Launched	18 July 1927
Fate	Sunk in combat, 8 December 1941, Shanghai
General characteristics
Type	River gunboat
Displacement	310 tons
Length	177 ft (53.9 m)
Beam	29 ft (8.8 m)
Draught	3.2 ft (1.0 m)
Propulsion	Yarrow boilers, steam turbine 2,250 hp
Speed	16 knots
Complement	55
Armament	2×3-inch (76 mm) guns, 8×machine guns

HMS Peterel was a river gunboat built by Yarrow Shipbuilders at Scotstoun and she was the sixth ship of the Royal Navy to carry the name and the lead ship of her class. Her name used an archaic spelling for consistency with previous Royal Navy Ships of the same name, in contrast to the modern accepted spelling petrel (as in the bird).

After completion, she was dismantled and shipped to Hong Kong for re-assembly before being deployed for service on the China station, on the Yangtze River to provide protection for British commerce and nationals. HMS Peterel was designed and equipped to patrol the upper reaches of the river (she had a shallow draft and her primary armament was a pair of 3-inch guns).