HMS Whirlwind (D30)

HMS Whirlwind visits the Dutch port of IJmuiden, date unknown
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Whirlwind
Ordered	9 December 1916
Builder	Swan Hunter
Launched	15 December 1917
Fate	Sunk by the German submarine U-34 5 July 1940
General characteristics
Class and type	Admiralty W-class destroyer
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 to 25 ft (3.4 to 7.6 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 Whirlwind was a W-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service during World War I and World War II.

Whirlwind was built by

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