HMS Viceroy (D91)

HMS Viceroy (L21)
HMS Viceroy during World War II.
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Viceroy
Namesakeviceroy
Ordered30 June 1916[3] or August 1916[2]
BuilderJohn I. Thornycroft & Company, Woolston[2]
Laid down12 December 1916[2]
Launched17 November 1917[2]
Completed14 January 1918[2]
Commissioned18 January 1918[3]
Decommissionedmid-1930s[2][4]
Identification
RecommissionedJanuary 1941[2]
Decommissionedsometime after 15 August 1945[2]
MottoIn the King's name[2]
Honours and
awards
FateSold 15 May 1947[5] or June 1948[1] for scrapping
BadgeThe Star of India under a crown proper on a white field[2]
General characteristics
Displacement1,120 tons standard
Length300 ft (91 m) o/a, 312 ft (95 m) p/p
Beam30 ft 6 in (9.30 m)
Draught10 ft 6 in (3.20 m)
Propulsion3 Yarrow type Water-tube boilers, Brown-Curtis steam turbines, 2 shafts, 30,000 shp
Speed36-knot (67 km/h)
Range320–370 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)
Complement134
Armament

HMS Viceroy (D91) was a W-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service in the final months of World War I and in World War II.

  1. ^ a b c SHIPS OF THE ROYAL NAVY, 1914–1919 – in ALPHABETICAL ORDER (Part 2 of 2)
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m HMS VICEROY (D 91) – V & W-class Destroyer
  3. ^ a b uboat.net HMS Viceroy (L 21)
  4. ^ A photograph at maritimequest.com HMS Viceroy D-91 / L-21 shows sailors posing aboard HMS Viceroy during a visit to Swinemünde, Germany, on 22 June 1934, strongly suggesting that she was decommissioned and placed in reserve in the 1930s.
  5. ^ Colledge, J. J., Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of All Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy From the Fifteenth Century to the Present, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1987, ISBN 0-87021-652-X, p. 367.