HMS Winchelsea (D46)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Winchelsea.
HMS Winchelsea (D46) was an Admiralty W-class destroyer of the Royal Navy, ordered 9 December 1916 from J. Samuel White at Cowes during the 1916–17 Build Programme.
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Name | HMS Winchelsea (D46) |
Ordered | 9 December 1916 |
Builder | J. Samuel White |
Laid down | 25 May 1917 |
Launched | 15 December 1917 |
Decommissioned | March 1945 |
Fate | Scrapped August 1945 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | W class destroyer |
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Winchelsea was launched on 15 December 1917 and was the 7th Royal Navy ship to carry this name, introduced in 1694 and named after the 6th Earl of Winchilsea (1647–1730)[1]
In March 1945 she was decommissioned and sold for scrap.[2]