HMS Wolfhound (L56)
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HMS Wolfhound was one of 21 W-class destroyers built for the Royal Navy during the First World War. Completed in 1918 the ship only played a minor role in the war before its end. The ship was converted into an anti-aircraft escort destroyer during the Second World War and was badly damaged during the Dunkirk evacuation. Wolfhound survived the war and was sold for scrap in 1948.
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Wolfhound at anchor, 1940 | |
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Wolfhound |
Ordered | 9 December 1916 |
Builder | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan, Scotland |
Yard number | 535 |
Laid down | April 1917 |
Launched | 14 March 1918 |
Commissioned | 27 April 1918 |
Reclassified | As escort destroyer, May 1940 |
Motto | 'In at the death' |
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Fate | Sold for scrap, 18 February 1948 |
Badge | On a Field Black, a wolfhound's head, Silver, collared Gold. |
General characteristics (as built) | |
Class and type | W-class destroyer |
Displacement | 1,325 long tons (1,346 t) (normal) |
Length | 312 ft (95.1 m) o/a |
Beam | 29 ft 6 in (9 m) |
Draught | 10 ft 8 in (3.3 m) |
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Propulsion | 2 Shafts; 1 steam turbine |
Speed | 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph) |
Range | 4,150 nmi (7,690 km; 4,780 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement | 104 |
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