Royal Navy — Destroyer
HMS Wrestler
W
- Displacement
- 1,100 long tons (1,118 t)
- Length
- 91.44 m (300 ft)
- Beam
- 7.92 m (26 ft)
- Speed
- 34 knots (63 km/h, 39.1 mph)
- Complement
- 110
- Main gun
- 102 mm (4 in)
Service
- as Wrestler15 May 1918 — 6 June 19441,740 days of the war
W
Particulars
- Name
- HMS Wrestler
- Builder
- Swan Hunter, Wallsend
- Ordered
- 9 December 1916
- Laid down
- July 1917
- Launched
- 25 February 1918
- Commissioned
- 15 May 1918
- Fate
- Mined off Juno Beach, 6 June 1944
Sold for scrap, 20 July 1944 (1944) - Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,100 long tons (1,118 t)
- Length
- 91.44 m (300 ft) OA
- Beam
- 7.92 m (26 ft)
- Draught
- 3.35 m (11 ft)
- Speed
- 34 knots (63 km/h, 39.1 mph)
- Range
- 3,500 nmi (6,482 km)
- Complement
- 110
- Main gun
- 102 mm (4 in)
HMS Wrestler was a destroyer of the W in service with the Royal Navy. Her keel was laid at Swan Hunter, Wallsend in July 1917. She entered service on 15 May 1918, having been launched on 25 February 1918.
Displacement was 1,100 long tons. She measured 91.4 m (300 ft) long with a beam of 7.9 m (26 ft). Her designed speed was 34 knots, and she carried a complement of 110. Her main battery was of 102 mm (4.0 in) calibre.
27,000 shp drove two shafts.
She was in commission for 1,740 days of the Second World War.
She was broken up for scrap on 6 June 1944.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- Parsons steam turbines
- 2 shafts
- Power
- 3 × Yarrow boilers
- 27000 shp
- Armament
- 4 × QF 4 in (102 mm) gun
- 1 × QF 12 pdr (76 mm)
- 2 × triple 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMS Wrestler on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.