HMS Rawalpindi was a British armed merchant cruiser that was sunk in a surface action against the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau during the first months of the Second World War. Her captain was Edward Kennedy.
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| Subject | HMS Rawalpindi |
| Category | British armed merchant cruiser |
| Reading time | 1 min · Advanced |
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