HMS Walker

HMS Walker underway in choppy conditions
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Walker
Ordered9 December 1916
BuilderWilliam Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton
Laid down26 March 1917
Launched29 November 1917
Completed12 February 1918
Commissioned12 February 1918
Decommissioned1932
Identification
  • Pennant number:
  • G22 (January 1918)
  • G08 (April 1918)
  • D27 (interwar)
  • I27 (May 1940)
RecommissionedAugust 1939
Decommissioned1945
MottoReady and faithful
Honours &
awards
FateSold 15 March 1946 for scrapping
BadgeA stag's head proper issuant from an Eastern Crown on a blue field
General characteristics
Class & typeAdmiralty W-class destroyer
Displacement1,100 tons
Length300 ft (91 m) o/a, 312 ft (95 m) p/p
Beam26 ft 9 in (8.15 m)
Draught9 ft (2.7 m) standard, 11 ft 3 in (3.43 m) in deep
Propulsion
  • 3 Yarrow type Water-tube boilers
  • Brown-Curtis steam turbines
  • 2 shafts
  • 27,000 shp (20 MW)
Speed34 knots (63 km/h)
Range320-370 tons oil, 3,500 nmi (6,500 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h), 900 nmi (1,700 km) at 32 knots (59 km/h)
Complement110
Armament

HMS Walker (D27) was a W-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service in the final months of World War I, in the Russian Civil War and in World War II.

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