HMS Westminster (L40)

HMS Westminster during the First World War
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Westminster
Ordered	9 December 1916
Builder	Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Greenock
Laid down	April 1917
Launched	24 February 1918
Commissioned	18 April 1918
Decommissioned	August 1948
Reclassified	Escort destroyer in December 1939
Identification	Pennant number L40
Motto	Pro populo et gloria: 'For the people and glory'
Honours and awards	North Sea 1940-43 English Channel 1943
Fate	Sold on 4 March 1947 for breaking up
Badge	On a Field Blue, a Portcullis Gold.
General characteristics
Class and type	W-class destroyer
Displacement	1,100 tons
Length	312 ft (95.1 m) length overall 300 ft (91.4 m) between perpendiculars
Beam	29 ft 6 in (9.0 m)
Draught	9 ft (2.7 m) standard 13 ft 11 in (4.2 m) maximum
Propulsion	Three Yarrow type Water-tube boilers Brown-Curtis steam turbines Two shafts 27,000 shp (20,000 kW)
Speed	34-knot (63 km/h)
Range	320-370 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)
Complement	110
Armament	6 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes 4 × 4 in (102 mm) low-angled guns

HMS Westminster was a W-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was the first ship to bear the name. Launched in 1918, she served through two World Wars, and survived both to be sold for scrap in 1947.