HMS Punjabi (F21)
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HMS Punjabi was a Tribal Class destroyer of the Royal Navy in the Second World War. She was built by Scotts at Greenock, Scotland, and launched on 18 December 1937. On 1 May 1942 she was involved in a collision with the battleship HMS King George V. She was sliced in two by the battleship, with the loss of 49 of her crew. King George V sustained serious damage to her bows and was forced to return to port for repairs.
Punjabi carried two pennant numbers during her career:
- F21 January 1939 - Autumn 1940
- G21 Autumn 1940 - May 1942
| Tribal class destroyer (1936) |
| Royal Navy |
| Afridi | Ashanti | Bedouin | Cossack | Eskimo | Gurkha | Maori | Mashona | Matabele | Mohawk | Nubian | Punjabi | Sikh | Somali | Tartar | Zulu |
| Royal Canadian Navy |
| Athabaskan (i) | Athabaskan (ii) | Cayuga | Haida | Huron | Iroquois | Micmac | Nootka |
| Royal Australian Navy |
| Arunta | Bataan | Warramunga |
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