HMS Whirlwind (D30)

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Whirlwind.

Career (United Kingdom)

Class and type:	Admiralty W class destroyer
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..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:	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

The first HMS Whirlwind (R87) was an W-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service during World War I and the 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 in the North Atlantic Ocean southwest of Ireland.

Notes

References

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.

V and W class destroyer

Admiralty V-class leaders	Valentine · Valhalla · Valkyrie · Valorous · Vampire

Admiralty V class	Vancouver · Vanessa · Vanity · Vanoc · Vanquisher · Vectis · Vega · Vehement · Velox · Vendetta · Venetia · Venturous · Verdun · Versatile · Verulam · Vesper · Vidette · Vimiera · Violent · Vittoria · Vivacious · Vivien · Vortigern

Admiralty W class	Voyager · Wakeful · Walker · Walpole · Walrus · Warwick · Watchman · Waterhen · Wessex · Westcott · Westminster · Whirlwind · Whitley (ex-Whitby) · Winchelsea · Winchester · Windsor · Wolfhound · Wrestler · Wryneck Cancelled: Wayfarer · Woodpecker

Thornycroft V and W class	Viceroy · Viscount · Wolsey · Woolston

Thornycroft modified W class	Wishart · Witch

Admiralty modified W class	Vansittart · Venomous (ex-Venom) · Verity · Volunteer · Wanderer · Whitehall · Wren · Veteran · Whitshed · Wild Swan · Witherington · Wivern · Wolverine · Worcester Cancelled: Vantage · Vashon · Vengeful · Vigo · Vigorous · Virulent · Volage · Volcano · Votary · Wager · Wake · Waldegrave · Walton · Warren · Watson · Wave · Weazel · Welcome · Wellesley · Werewolf · Westphal · Westward Ho · Wheeler · Whelp · Willoughby · Whip · Whippet · Whitaker · White Bear · Whitehead · Winter · Wrangler · Wye · Yeoman · Zealous · Zebra · Zodiac

List of destroyers of the Royal Navy