HMS Whitshed

Admiralty modified W-class destroyer

Displacement: 1,140 long tons (1,158 t)
Length: 91.44 m (300 ft)
Beam: 8.99 m (29.5 ft)
Complement: 127
Main gun: 120 mm (4.7 in)

Service

Royal Navy as HMS Whitshed11 July 1919 — February 19472,193 days of the war

Admiralty modified W-class destroyer Particulars

Name: HMS Whitshed
Ordered: April 1918
Laid down: June 1918
Launched: 31 January 1919
Commissioned: 11 July 1919
Struck: February 1947
Fate: Scrapped April 1948 (1948)
Status: Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, standard: 1,140 long tons (1,158 t)
Length: 91.44 m (300 ft) OA
Beam: 8.99 m (29.5 ft)
Draught: 2.74 m (9 ft)
Range: 3,500 nmi (6,482 km)
Complement: 127
Main gun: 120 mm (4.7 in)

HMS Whitshed was a Admiralty modified W-class destroyer in service with the Royal Navy. Her keel was laid in June 1918. Launched on 31 January 1919, she entered service on 11 July 1919.

She displaced 1,140 long tons. She measured 91.4 m (300 ft) long with a beam of 9.0 m (29 ft). She carried a complement of 127. Her main battery was of 120 mm (4.7 in) calibre.

She was in commission for 2,193 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register in February 1947.

She was broken up for scrap in April 1948.

Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.

Armament and machinery

Propulsion: Yarrow type Water-tube boilers, Brown-Curtis geared steam turbines, 2 shafts, 27,000 shp
Armament: As built 1920:
4 × BL 4.7 in (120-mm) Mk.I guns, mount P Mk.I
2 × QF 2 pdr Mk.II "pom-pom" (40 mm L/39)
6 × 21-inch Torpedo Tubes
1940 SRE conversion:
3 × BL 4.7 in (120mm) Mk.I L/45 guns
1 × 3 in AA gun
2 × QF 2 pdr Mk.II "pom-pom" (40 mm L/39)
3 × 21-inch Torpedo Tubes (one triple mount)
2 × depth charge racks
twin QF 6 pounder 10 cwt gun (1942 – replaced ‘A’ gun)

Sister ships

Sources

Facts harvested from HMS Whitshed on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.