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Destroyer histories. Royal naval long
range escort
destroyer V and W class. Destroyer website dedicated to the history of
HMS Vimy, HMS Vanessa, HMS Vanoc, HMS Vanquisher, HMS Velox, HMS Vesper, HMS
Versatile, HMS Vivacious, HMS Viscount, HMS Walpole, HMS Whitley, HMS Walker, HMS Warwick, HMS
Westcott, HMS Winchelsea, HMS Wrestler, HMS Vansittart, HMS Venomous, HMS
Verity, HMS Volunteer, HMS Wanderer and HMS Whitehall from their launch to
their participation in major wars also
notice board for families of ex-crew of V and W Class long range escort
destroyers. |
| HMS Wakeful |
6th October 1917 |
Torpedoed and sunk on 29th May 1940. |
| HMS Watchman |
2nd November 1918 |
Completed as a minelayer. Sold for scrap in
July 1945. |
| HMS Walpole |
13th April 1918 |
Sold for scrap in February 1945. |
| HMS Whitley (D61) |
13th April 1918 |
Severe bomb damage forced her to beach
herself on 19th May 1940. |
| HMS
Walker |
29th November 1917 |
Completed as a minelayer. Sold for scrap in
March 1946. |
| HMS Westcott |
14th February 1918 |
Sold for scrap in January 1946. |
| HMS Walrus |
27th December 1917 |
Completed as a minelayer. Wrecked on 12th
February 1938. |
| HMS Wolfhound |
14th March 1918 |
Sold for scrap in February 1948. |
| HMS Warwick |
28th December 1917 |
Completed as a minelayer. She was
Vice-Admiral Keyes' flagship on the Zeebrugge raid but when took part in
the blocking of Ostend she was hit by a mine which broke her back. HMS
Velox towed her back to Dover for repairs. Torpedoed and sunk on 20th
February 1944. |
| HMS Wessex |
12th March 1917 |
Bombed on 24th May 1940. |
| HMS Voyager |
8th May 1916 |
Transferred to Australia in 1933 she was
wrecked and scuttled n 23rd September 1942. |
| HMS Whirlwind |
15th December 1917 |
Completed as a minelayer. Torpedoed and
sunk on 5th July 1940. |
| HMS Wrestler (D35) |
25th February 1918 |
Sold for scrap in July 1944. |
| HMS Winchelsea (D.46) |
15th December 1917 |
Sold for scrap in March 1945. |
| HMS Winchester |
1st February 1918 |
Sold for scrap in March 1946. |
| HMS Westminster |
24th February 1918 |
Sold for scrap in March 1947. |
| HMS Windsor (D.42) |
21st June 1918 |
Sold for scrap in March 1947 |
| HMS Wryneck |
13th May 1918 |
Bombed and sunk on 27th April 1941. |
| HMS Waterhen |
26th March 1918 |
Transferred to Australia in 1933, she was
bombed and sunk on 30th June 1941. |
| HMS Wolsey |
16th March 1918 |
She was one of two Thornycroft specials.
Sold for scrap in March 1947. |
| HMS Woolston |
27th April 1918 |
She was one of two Thornycroft specials.
Sold for scrap in February 1947. |
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HMS Wakeful |
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HMS Wakeful, 1918.
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HMS Wakeful, July 1935.
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HMS Watchman |
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HMS Watchman, 1920s.
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HMS Walpole |
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HMS Walpole, May 1937.
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HMS Whitley |
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HMS Whitley, 1939.
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HMS Walker |
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HMS Walker
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in 1917 and shows the minelaying rails aboard her (60 mines). The ship was
part of the special mine laying flotilla created in 1917 to mine the
Heligoland Bight and the flanders coast as a counter to the U-Boats.
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HMS Westcott |
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HMS Westcott.
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HMS Walrus |
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HMS Walrus, aground, February 1938.
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HMS Wolfhound |
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HMS Wolfhound, 1925.
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HMS Wolfhound, 1927.
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HMS Wolfhound, May 1937.
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HMS Wolfhound c.1920.
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HMS Warwick |
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HMS Warwick, 1930.
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HMS Wessex |
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HMS Wessex, July 1935.
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HMS Wessex.
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HMS Voyager |
The Rugby team of HMS Voyager at Malta, 1925.
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HMS Whirlwind |
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HMS Whirlwind, 1930.
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HMS Whirlwind, 1934.
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HMS Whirlwind (front) and another similar destroyer
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HMS Wrestler |
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HMS Wrestler, 1938.
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HMS Winchelsea |
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HMS Winchelsea, July 1935.
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HMS Winchelseea, May 1937.
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HMS Winchelsea, May 1937.
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HMS Winchester, 1934.
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HMS Winchester, January 1938.
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HMS Winchester.
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The crew of HMS Winchester
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HMS Westminster |
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HMS Westminster pictured c.1920
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HMS Westminster, with HMS Wivern and HMS Venomous
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HMS Windsor |
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HMS Windsor, 1938.
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HMS Wryneck |
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HMS Waterhen |
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HMS Waterhen, 1930s.
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HMS Waterhen, 1930s.
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HMAS Waterhen pictured c.1935.
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HMS Wolsey |
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HMS Wolsey at Malta c.1930s
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HMS Wolsey, 1920.
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HMS Woolston |
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HMS Woolston, May 1937.
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Specifications
for HMS Vimy, HMS Vanessa, HMS Vanoc, HMS Vanquisher, HMS Velox, HMS
Vesper, HMS Versatile, HMS Vidette and HMS Vivacious,
Displacement:
1,090 Speed: 24.5kts Complement:
125
Armament:
two 4 inch guns. One 3 inch anti-aircraft gun in Vimy &
Vanessa, two 2pdr anti-aircraft guns in Vanessa & Vanquisher, two 20mm
anti-aircraft guns or four 20mm anti-aircraft guns.
Specifications
for HMS Walker, HMS Warwick, HMS Watchman, HMS Westcott, HMS Winchelsea
and HMS Wrestler
Displacement:
1,100 tons Speed: 24.5kts Complement:
125
Armament:
Two 4 inch guns. One 3 inch anti-aircraft gun in Winchelsea,
two 2pdr anti-aircraft guns in Watchman, two 20mm anti-aircraft guns or
four 20mm anti-aircraft guns.
HMS
Warwick. Built by Hawthorn Leslie and launched 28th December 1917. During
World war two served in Home waters until being sunk by U.413 off North
Cornwall on 20th February 1944.
Specifications
for Modified W class - HMS Vansittart, HMS Venomous, HMS Verity, HMS
Volunteer, HMS Wanderer and HMS Whitehall
Displacement:
1,120 tons Speed: 24.5kts Complement: 125
Armament:
Two 4.7 inch guns. One 3 inch anti-aircraft gun in Volunteer,
two 2pdr anti-aircraft guns in Vansittart & Whitehall, two 20mm
anti-aircraft guns or four Verity had 6) 20mm anti-aircraft guns.
Specifications
for HMS Viscount
Displacement:
1,120 tons Speed: 25kts Complement: 125
Armament:
Two 4 inch guns. One 3 inch anti-aircraft gun, two 20mm
anti-aircraft guns or four 20mm anti-aircraft guns plus three 21 inch
torpedo tubes. |
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Royal Navy 
Wakeful Class
