HMS Whirlwind (D30): Difference between revisions

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Whirlwind
Ordered	9 December 1916
Builder	Swan Hunter
Launched	15 December 1917
Fate	sunk by the German submarine U-34 5 July 1940
General characteristics
Displacement	1,100 tons
Length	300 ft (91 m) o/a, 312 ft (95 m) p/p
Beam	26.75 ft (8.15 m)
Draught	9 ft (2.7 m) standard, 11 to 25 ft (3.4 to 7.6 m) in deep
Propulsion	list error: <br /> list (help); 3 Yarrow type Water-tube boilers; Brown-Curtis steam turbines; 2 shafts; 27,000 shp (20,000 kW)
Speed	34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph)
Range	320-370 tons oil, 3,500 nmi (6,500 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph), 900 nmi (1,700 km) at 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)
Complement	110
Armament	4 x QF 4 in Mk.V (102mm L/45), mount P Mk.I; 2 x QF 2 pdr Mk.II "pom-pom" (40 mm L/39) or;; 1 x QF 3 inch 20 cwt (76 mm), mount HA Mk.II; 6 (2x3) tubes for 21 in torpedoes;

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The first HMS Whirlwind (R87) was an W-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service during World War I and World War II.

Whirlwind was built by Swan Hunter and was launched on 15 December 1917. On 5 July 1940, she was sunk by the German submarine U-34 under the command of Wilhelm Rollmann in the North Atlantic Ocean southwest of Ireland.

Preston, Antony (1971). 'V & W' Class Destroyers 1917-1945. London: Macdonald. OCLC 464542895.
Raven, Alan (1979). 'V' and 'W' Class Destroyers. Man o' War. Vol. 2. London: Arms & Armour. ISBN 0-85368-233-X. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
Winser, John de D. (1999). B.E.F. Ships Before, At and After Dunkirk. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-91-6.

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