HMS Windsor (D42)

HMS Windsor (D42)
HMS Windsor underway in coastal waters during World War II.
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Windsor
Ordered9 December 1916[2]
BuilderScotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Greenock[2]
Laid downApril 1917[2]
Launched21 June 1918[2]
Completed28 August 1918[2]
Commissioned28 August 1918[3]
Decommissionedsummer 1945[2]
Identification
MottoStat fortuna domus ("May the fortune of the House stand")[2]
Honours and
awards
FateSold 4 March 1947 for scrapping[1]
BadgeA silver castle surmounted by the Royal Crown Proiper on a red field[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 third HMS Windsor (D42) 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.