HMS Westcott (D47)
Westcott during World War II |
| Career (United Kingdom) |
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| Name: |
HMS Westcott |
| Ordered: |
December 1916 |
| Builder: |
Denny |
| Laid down: |
30 March 1917 |
| Launched: |
14 February 1918 |
| Commissioned: |
12 April 1918 |
| Decommissioned: |
26 June 1945 |
| Refit: |
Converted to long-range escort, 1943 |
| Fate: |
Sold to BISCO and demolished |
| 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..25 ft (3.4 m) in deep |
| Propulsion: |
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: |
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HMS Wescott (D47) was an Admiralty W class destroyer of the British Royal Navy. Named for Captain George Blagdon Westcott, killed at the Battle of the Nile,[1] the destroyer served in the Second World War and sank two submarines in 1942 (U-581 and the Vichy Actéon).[2]
Laid down in 1917 by Denny at Dumbarton, Scotland, Westcott was launched on 14 February 1918 and commissioned on 12 April.[3]
During the Second World War, Wescott was employed in the anti-submarine role and supported numerous Atlantic and Malta convoys. As a test platform, Westcott became the first vessel to be equipped with the Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar. [4] The navy had the destroyer converted into a long range escort in 1943. Withdrawn from service in June 1945, Wescott was sold to the British and Iron Steel Company (BISCO) to be demolished the following year.[3]
Notes
- ^ Thomas, David Arthur (1988), A Companion to the Royal Navy, p209
- ^ Helgason Helgason (2009), HMS Wescott (D 47/I 47): Destroyer of the Admiralty V & W class, uboat.net. Retrieved 23 July 2009.
- ^ a b Mason, Geoffrey B (2005), Chronologies of War Service of Royal Navy Warships: HMS Westcott - V & W-class Destroyer, naval-history.net. Retrieved 23 July 2009.
- ^ Ireland, Bernard (2003), Battle of the Atlantic, p97
References
- Gardiner, Robert, Gray, Randal & Budzbon, Przemysław (1985), Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1906-1921, Conway ISBN 0851772455
- Preston, Antony (1971). 'V & W' Class Destroyers 1917-1945. London: Macdonald. OCLC 464542895.
- Raven, Alan; Roberts, John (1979). 'V' and 'W' Class Destroyers. Man o' War. 2. London: Arms & Armour. ISBN 0-85368-233-X.
- 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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