HMS Whitshed (D77)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Whitshed
Ordered	April 1918
Laid down	June 1918
Launched	31 January 1919
Commissioned	11 July 1919
Refit	Rebuilt as a short range escort (SRE) 1940
Stricken	Sold to BISCO for scrapping February 1947
Motto	Libertas et natale; Freedom and Fatherland only;
Honours &; awards	Atlantic 1940; Dunkirk 1940; North Sea 1941–45; Dover Straits 1941; English Channel 1942–45; Normandy 1944;
Fate	Scrapped April 1948
Badge	On a Field Red, a Demi-Lion rampant Gold, holding a trefoil Green.
General characteristics
Class & type	Admiralty modified W-class destroyer
Displacement	1,140 tons standard, 1,550 tons full
Length	300 ft o/a, 312 ft p/p
Beam	29.5 feet (9.0 m)
Draught	9 feet (2.7 m), 11.25 feet (3.43 m) under full load
Propulsion	Yarrow type Water-tube boilers, Brown-Curtis geared steam turbines, 2 shafts, 27,000 shp
Speed	34 kt
Range	320–370 tons oil; 3,500 nmi at 15 kt; 900 nmi at 32 kt;
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 Torpedo Tubes; 1940 SRE conversion:; 3 × BL 4.7 in (120mm) 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 QF 6 pounder 10 cwt gun (1942 – replaced ‘A’ gun);
Service record
Operations:	Nanking Incident 1927; World War II;
Victories:	U-55

HMS Whitshed (D77/I77) was an Admiralty modified W-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was ordered from Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd under the 14th Order for Destroyers in the Emergency War Program of 1918–19. She was the first ship to carry the name.

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Whitshed
Ordered	April 1918
Laid down	June 1918
Launched	31 January 1919
Commissioned	11 July 1919
Refit	Rebuilt as a short range escort (SRE) 1940
Stricken	Sold to BISCO for scrapping February 1947
Motto	Libertas et natale Freedom and Fatherland only
Honours & awards	Atlantic 1940 Dunkirk 1940 North Sea 1941–45 Dover Straits 1941 English Channel 1942–45 Normandy 1944
Fate	Scrapped April 1948
Badge	On a Field Red, a Demi-Lion rampant Gold, holding a trefoil Green.
General characteristics
Class & type	Admiralty modified W-class destroyer
Displacement	1,140 tons standard, 1,550 tons full
Length	300 ft o/a, 312 ft p/p
Beam	29.5 feet (9.0 m)
Draught	9 feet (2.7 m), 11.25 feet (3.43 m) under full load
Propulsion	Yarrow type Water-tube boilers, Brown-Curtis geared steam turbines, 2 shafts, 27,000 shp
Speed	34 kt
Range	320–370 tons oil 3,500 nmi at 15 kt 900 nmi at 32 kt
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 Torpedo Tubes 1940 SRE conversion: 3 × BL 4.7 in (120mm) 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 QF 6 pounder 10 cwt gun (1942 – replaced ‘A’ gun)
Service record
Operations:	Nanking Incident 1927 World War II
Victories:	U-55