HMS Wessex (D43)

History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Wessex
Ordered9 December 1916
BuilderHawthorn Leslie and Company, Tyneside
Laid down25 May 1917
Launched12 March 1918
Completed11 May 1918
Commissioned11 May 1918
Identification
MottoProles militum ("Offspring of soldiers")
Honours &
awards		Battle honour for Atlantic 1939-1940
FateSunk 24 May 1940
BadgeThe Dragon of Egbert in red on a gold field
General characteristics
Displacement1,100 tons
Length300 ft (91 m) o/a, 312 ft (95 m)p/p
Beam26.75 ft (8.15 m)
Draught9 ft (2.7 m) standard, 11.25 ft (3.43 m) in deep
Propulsion
  • 3 Yarrow type Water-tube boilers
  • Brown-Curtis steam turbines
  • 2 shafts
  • 27,000 shp (20,000 kW)
Speed34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph)
Range320-370 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)
Complement110
Armament

The first HMS Wessex (D43) was a W-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service in the final months of World War I and the early months of World War II.

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