HMS Walrus (D24)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Walrus.

HMS Walrus during the First World War
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Walrus
NamesakeThe walrus
OrderedDecember 1916[1]
BuilderFairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan[1][2]
Laid downFebruary 1917
Launched27 December 1917[1][2]
Completed1918
Commissioned8 March 1918
Decommissioned30 November 1932[2][3]
Fate
  • Wrecked 12 February 1938[2]
  • Sold 5 March 1938 for scrapping[3]
  • Scrapped October 1938[2]
General characteristics
Displacement1,100 tons
Length300 ft (91 m) o/a, 312 ft (95 m)p/p
Beam26.75 ft (8.15 m)
Draught9 ft (2.7 m) standard, 11.25 ft (3.43 m) in deep
Propulsion
  • 3 Yarrow type Water-tube boilers
  • Brown-Curtis steam turbines
  • 2 shafts
  • 27,000 shp (20,000 kW)
Speed34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph)
Range320-370 tons oil, 3,500 nmi (6,500 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph), 900 nmi (1,700 km) at 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)
Complement110
Armament

The first HMS Walrus (D24) was a W-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service in the final months of World War I.

  1. ^ a b c Naval History: SHIPS OF THE ROYAL NAVY, 1914-1919 - in ALPHABETICAL ORDER (Part 2 of 2)
  2. ^ a b c d e Colledge, J. J., Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of the Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy From the Fifteenth Century to the Present Day, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1987, ISBN 0-87021-652-X, p. 374.
  3. ^ a b Preston, Antony, V and W class Destroyers 1917-1945, London: MacDonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd, 1971, pp. 57-58.