HMS Whirlwind (D30)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Whirlwind.
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.
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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 |
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Class and type | Admiralty W-class destroyer |
Displacement | 1,100 tons |
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Beam | 26.75 ft (8.15 m) |
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Speed | 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph) |
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Complement | 110 |
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Whirlwind was built by Swan Hunter and was launched on 15 December 1917. In September 1939 was part of the 11th Destroyer Flotilla. On 5 July 1940, she was sunk by the German submarine U-34 under the command of Wilhelm Rollmann in the North Atlantic Ocean southwest of Ireland.