HMS Wolfhound (L56)
Wolfhound at anchor, 1940 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| 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' |
| Honours & awards |
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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 & 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) |
| Installed power |
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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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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.