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Revision as of 18:08, 28 May 2015

H.M.S. Whirlwind (1917)
Pendant Number: H.41 (Apr 1918)
D.25 (Sep 1918)[1]
Builder: Swan Hunter[2]
Ordered: December, 1916[3]
Launched: 15 Dec, 1917[4]
Completed: 28 Mar, 1918[5]
Torpedoed: 5 Jul, 1940[6]
Fate: by U-34, SW of Ireland

H.M.S. Whirlwind was one of twenty-two destroyers of the "W" class.

Service

Whirlwind immediately joined the Dover Patrol's Sixth Destroyer Flotilla upon commissioning in March, 1918.[7]

She re-commissioned on 10 December, 1920.[8]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 73.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 84.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 84.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 73.
  5. Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 313.
  6. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 73.
  7. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1918). p. 14.
  8. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 899.
  9. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 943.
  10. Parry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 34.
  11. Parry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 34.
  12. The Navy List. (August, 1919). p. 943.
  13. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 899.

Bibliography


"W" Class Destroyer
Admiralty Design
Wakeful Watchman Walpole Whitley Walker
Westcott Walrus Wolfhound Warwick Wessex
Voyager Whirlwind Wrestler Winchelsea Winchester
  Westminster Windsor Wryneck Waterhen  
Thornycroft Specials
  Wolsey Woolston  
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