HMS Whitehall

	HMS Whitehall underway in coastal waters during the Second World War sometime after her pennant number was changed from D94 to I94 in May 1940.
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Whitehall
Namesake	Whitehall
Ordered	January 1918
Builder	Swan Hunter, Wallsend, Newcastle upon Tyne, and Chatham Dockyard
Laid down	June 1918
Launched	11 September 1919
Completed	July 1924
Commissioned	9 July 1924
Decommissioned	1920s/1930s
Recommissioned	August 1939
Decommissioned	May 1945
Motto	Nisi Dominici frustra ("Without my Lords [of the Admiralty] in vain")
Honours &; awards	Battle honours for:; Atlantic 1939–1943; Dunkirk 1940; Arctic 1943–1945; Normandy 1944; English Channel 1944;
Fate	Sold for scrapping October 1945
Badge	A gold fouled anchor on an escutcheon held by a silver winged seahorse, all on a blue field
General characteristics
Class & type	Admiralty Modified W-class destroyer
Displacement	1,140 tons standard, 1,550 tons full
Length	300 ft (91 m) o/a,; 312 ft (95 m) p/p;
Beam	29 ft 6 in (8.99 m)
Draught	9 ft (2.7 m), 11 ft 3 in (3.43 m) under full load
Propulsion	Yarrow type Water-tube boilers, Brown-Curtis geared steam turbines, 2 shafts, 27,000 shp
Speed	34 kn (63 km/h)
Range	320–370 tons oil; 3,500 nmi (6,500 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h); 900 nmi (1,700 km) at 32 kn (59 km/h);
Complement	127
Sensors &; processing systems	Type 286M Air Warning Radar fitted 1940; Type 271 Surface Warning Radar fitted 1940;
Armament	As built 1920:; 4 × BL 4.7 in (120-mm) Mk.I guns, mount P Mk.I; 2 × QF 2 pdr Mk.II "pom-pom" (40 mm L/39); 6 × 21-inch (530 mm) torpedo tubes; 1940 SRE conversion:; 3 × BL 4.7 in (120 mm) Mk.I L/45 guns; 1 × 3 in (76 mm) AA gun; 2 × QF 2 pdr Mk.II "pom-pom" (40 mm L/39); 3 × 21-inch Torpedo Tubes (one triple mount); 2 × depth charge racks; twin 6-pounder (57-mm) gun (1942 – replaced ‘A’ gun);

HMS Whitehall, pennant number D94, later I94, was a Modified W-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service in the Second World War.

History
HMS Whitehall underway in coastal waters during the Second World War sometime after her pennant number was changed from D94 to I94 in May 1940.
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Whitehall
Namesake	Whitehall
Ordered	January 1918
Builder	Swan Hunter, Wallsend, Newcastle upon Tyne, and Chatham Dockyard
Laid down	June 1918
Launched	11 September 1919
Completed	July 1924
Commissioned	9 July 1924
Decommissioned	1920s/1930s
Recommissioned	August 1939
Decommissioned	May 1945
Motto	Nisi Dominici frustra ("Without my Lords [of the Admiralty] in vain")
Honours & awards	Battle honours for: Atlantic 1939–1943 Dunkirk 1940 Arctic 1943–1945 Normandy 1944 English Channel 1944
Fate	Sold for scrapping October 1945
Badge	A gold fouled anchor on an escutcheon held by a silver winged seahorse, all on a blue field
General characteristics
Class & type	Admiralty Modified W-class destroyer
Displacement	1,140 tons standard, 1,550 tons full
Length	300 ft (91 m) o/a, 312 ft (95 m) p/p
Beam	29 ft 6 in (8.99 m)
Draught	9 ft (2.7 m), 11 ft 3 in (3.43 m) under full load
Propulsion	Yarrow type Water-tube boilers, Brown-Curtis geared steam turbines, 2 shafts, 27,000 shp
Speed	34 kn (63 km/h)
Range	320–370 tons oil 3,500 nmi (6,500 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h) 900 nmi (1,700 km) at 32 kn (59 km/h)
Complement	127
Sensors & processing systems	Type 286M Air Warning Radar fitted 1940 Type 271 Surface Warning Radar fitted 1940
Armament	As built 1920: 4 × BL 4.7 in (120-mm) Mk.I guns, mount P Mk.I 2 × QF 2 pdr Mk.II "pom-pom" (40 mm L/39) 6 × 21-inch (530 mm) torpedo tubes 1940 SRE conversion: 3 × BL 4.7 in (120 mm) Mk.I L/45 guns 1 × 3 in (76 mm) AA gun 2 × QF 2 pdr Mk.II "pom-pom" (40 mm L/39) 3 × 21-inch Torpedo Tubes (one triple mount) 2 × depth charge racks twin 6-pounder (57-mm) gun (1942 – replaced ‘A’ gun)