HMS Whaddon (L45)
 Whaddon, 19 June 1942 | |
| Career (United Kingdom) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Whaddon |
| Ordered: | 11 April 1939 |
| Builder: | Alexander Stephen & Sons, Linthouse, Govan |
| Yard number: | Admiralty Job No.1472 |
| Laid down: | 27 July 1939 |
| Launched: | 16 July 1940 |
| Commissioned: | 28 February 1941 |
| Identification: | pennant number: L45 |
| Honours and awards: |
North Sea 1941-43 Sicily 1943 Salerno 1943 Mediterranean 1943 South France 1944 Aegean 1944 Adriatic 1944 |
| Fate: | Scrapped in April 1959 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Type I Hunt-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,000 long tons (1,000 t) standard 1,340 long tons (1,360 t) full load |
| Length: | 85 m (278 ft 10 in) o/a |
| Beam: | 8.8 m (28 ft 10 in) |
| Draught: | 3.27 m (10 ft 9 in) |
| Propulsion: | 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers 2 shaft Parsons geared turbines, 19,000 shp |
| Speed: | 27.5 knots (31.6 mph; 50.9 km/h) 26 kn (30 mph; 48 km/h) full |
| Range: | 3,500 nmi (6,500 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h) 1,000 nmi (1,900 km) at 26 kn (48 km/h) |
| Complement: | 146 |
| Armament: | • 4 × QF 4 in Mark XVI on twin mounts Mk. XIX • 4 × QF 2 pdr Mk. VIII on quad mount MK.VII • 2 × 20 mm Oerlikons on single mounts P Mk. III • 40 depth charges, 2 throwers, 1 rack |
HMS Whaddon (L45) was a Type I Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy built by Alexander Stephen & Sons of Linthouse, Govan and launched on 16 July 1940. She was laid down on 27 July 1939 and commissioned 28 February 1941.
On 29 September 1945 Whaddon sailed from Gibraltar to Devonport and was placed in reserve.[1] She was scrapped at Faslane in April 1959. It has since had a British Sea Cadet Corps unit named after it, T.S Whaddon.
References
- ↑ Critchley, Mike, "British Warships Since 1945: Part 3: Destroyers", Maritime Books: Liskeard, UK, 1982. ISBN 0-9506323-9-2, page 29
Publications
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
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