HMS Offa

Last updated December 28, 2021

Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Offa, after Offa of Mercia. A third was renamed before being launched:

HMS Offa was a Talisman-class destroyer, originally under construction for the Turkish Navy. She was taken over and renamed HMS Offa, but was launched as HMS Trident in 1915.
HMS Offa (1916) was an Admiralty M-class destroyer launched in 1916 and sold in 1921.
HMS Offa (G29) was an O-class destroyer launched in 1941. She was sold to the Pakistani Navy in 1949 and renamed Tariq. She was scrapped in 1959.

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