HMS Walrus (D24)

HMS Walrus during the First World War
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Walrus
Namesake	The walrus
Ordered	December 1916[1]
Builder	Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan[1][2]
Laid down	February 1917
Launched	27 December 1917[1][2]
Completed	1918
Commissioned	8 March 1918
Decommissioned	30 November 1932[2][3]
Fate	Wrecked 12 February 1938[2] Sold 5 March 1938 for scrapping[3] Scrapped October 1938[2]
General characteristics
Displacement	1,100 tons
Length	300 ft (91 m) o/a, 312 ft (95 m)p/p
Beam	26.75 ft (8.15 m)
Draught	9 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)
Speed	34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph)
Range	320-370 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)
Complement	110
Armament	4 × QF 4 in Mk.V (102mm L/45) , mount P Mk.I 2 × QF 2 pdr Mk.II "pom-pom" (40 mm L/39) or; 1 × QF 3 inch 20 cwt (76 mm), mount HA Mk.II 6 (2x3) tubes for 21 in torpedoes

The first HMS Walrus (D24) was a

Walrus was assigned to the Atlantic Fleet in 1921 as part of the 5th Destroyer Flotilla, which also included the destroyer leader Malcolm and destroyers Vanity, Vendetta, Vivacious, Voyager, Waterhen, Wrestler, and Wryneck.^[4]

On 6 June 1924, Walrus was recommissioned at Devonport for service in the Mediterranean Fleet^[5] along with the rest of the 5th Destroyer Flotilla, which in 1925 was redesignated the 1st Destroyer Flotilla.^[6] She entered dockyard hands at Sheerness^[7] in England on 15 November 1926 for a refit, and recommissioned on 5 April 1927 to resume duty with the 1st Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.^[8] She re-commissioned at Devonport on 11 June 1929 for continued service with the 1st Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.^[9]

Walrus was recommissioned in reserve on 30 November 1932 and transferred to the Reserve Fleet, and placed in reserve at Devonport. In 1934 she was moved to Rosyth, Scotland, where she remained in reserve.^[3][10]

Loss

The Royal Navy decided to convert Walrus into an

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• Photo of HMS Walrus prior to 1924
• Photo of HMS Walrus wrecked in February 1938