 HMS Wolsey during World War II.
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Wolsey |
| Ordered | 9 December 1916[1][2][3] |
| Builder | John I. Thornycroft & Company, Woolston, Hampshire[2] |
| Laid down | 28 March 1917[2] |
| Launched | 16 March 1918[2] |
| Completed | 14 May 1918[2] |
| Commissioned | 14 May 1918[3] |
| Decommissioned | 1930s[2] |
| Identification |
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| Motto | Quo majores ducunt: 'Where our forefathers lead we follow' |
| Recommissioned | January 1940[2][3] |
| Decommissioned | summer 1945[2] |
| Motto | To the last penny, 'tis the King's[2] |
| Honours and awards | |
| Fate | Sold 4 March 1947[2] for scrapping |
| Badge | A blue leopard's face on a white field[2] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Admiralty W-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,120 tons standard |
| Length | 300 ft (91 m) o/a, 312 ft (95 m) p/p |
| Beam | 30 ft 6 in (9.30 m) |
| Draught | 10 ft 6 in (3.20 m) |
| Propulsion | 3 Yarrow type Water-tube boilers, Brown-Curtis steam turbines, 2 shafts, 30,000 shp |
| Speed | 36-knot (67 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 | 134 |
| Armament |
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HMS Wolsey (D98) was a W-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service in the final months of World War I, in the Nanking incident of 1927, and in World War II.