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HMS Whitehall (I94)
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
HMS WhitehallUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Whitehall
NamesakeWhitehall
OrderedJanuary 1918[1][2]
BuilderSwan Hunter, Wallsend, Newcastle upon Tyne, and Chatham Dockyard[1]
Laid downJune 1918[1]
Launched11 September 1919[1]
CompletedJuly 1924[1]
Commissioned9 July 1924[2]
Decommissioned1920s/1930s[1]
RecommissionedAugust 1939[1]
DecommissionedMay 1945[1]
MottoNisi Dominici frustra ("Without my Lords [of the Admiralty] in vain")[1]
Honours and
awards
  • Battle honours for:
  • Atlantic 1939–1943
  • Dunkirk 1940
  • Arctic 1943–1945
  • Normandy 1944
  • English Channel 1944[1]
FateSold for scrapping October 1945[1][2][3][4]
BadgeA gold fouled anchor on an escutcheon held by a silver winged seahorse, all on a blue field[1]
General characteristics
Class and typeAdmiralty Modified W-class destroyer
Displacement1,140 tons standard, 1,550 tons full
Length
  • 300 ft (91 m) o/a,
  • 312 ft (95 m) p/p
Beam29 ft 6 in (8.99 m)
Draught9 ft (2.7 m), 11 ft 3 in (3.43 m) under full load
PropulsionYarrow type Water-tube boilers, Brown-Curtis geared steam turbines, 2 shafts, 27,000 shp
Speed34 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)
Complement127
Sensors and
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)
The unsuccessful Thornycroft five-barreled long-range depth charge projector during trials in July 1941 installed on the forecastle of HMS Whitehall.

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.

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Naval History: HMS WHITEHALL (D 94) – V & W-class Destroyer
  2. ^ a b c uboat.net HMS Whitehall (D 94)
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference navalhistorywwi was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Colledge, J. J., Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of All Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy From the Fifteenth Century to the Present, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1987, ISBN 0-87021-652-X, p. 380, claims that the ship arrived at the shipbreaker's yard on 25 July 1945.

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