HMS Westminster (L40)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Westminster.
HMS Westminster was a W-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was the first ship to bear the name. Launched in 1918, she served through two World Wars, and survived both to be sold for scrap in 1947.
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HMS Westminster during the First World War | |
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Name | HMS Westminster |
Ordered | 9 December 1916 |
Builder | Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Greenock |
Laid down | April 1917 |
Launched | 24 February 1918 |
Commissioned | 18 April 1918 |
Decommissioned | August 1948 |
Reclassified | Escort destroyer in December 1939 |
Identification | Pennant number L40 |
Motto | Pro populo et gloria: 'For the people and glory' |
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Fate | Sold on 4 March 1947 for breaking up |
Badge | On a Field Blue, a Portcullis Gold. |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | W-class destroyer |
Displacement | 1,100 tons |
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Beam | 29 ft 6 in (9.0 m) |
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Speed | 34-knot (63 km/h) |
Range | 320-370 tons oil, 3,500 nmi (6,500 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h), 900 nmi (1,700 km) at 32 knots (59 km/h) |
Complement | 110 |
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