HMS Walpole (D41) was a W-class destroyer of the Royal Navy.

HMS Walpole
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Walpole
BuilderWilliam Doxford & Sons, Sunderland
Laid downMay 1917
Launched12 February 1918
Commissioned7 August 1918
IdentificationPennant number: D41
MottoFari quod aentiaa: ' Speak as you feel'
Honours and
awards
  • Atlantic 1939–43
  • Dover Strait 1942
  • English Channel 1942–44
  • North Sea 1942–44
  • Normandy 1944
Fate
  • Damaged by mine on 6 January 1945
  • Sold for scrapping on 8 February 1945
BadgeOn a Field Black, an Antelope's head Silver, collared blue and gold, armed and chained gold
General characteristics
Class and typeW-class destroyer
Displacement1,188 tons
Length
Beam29 ft 6 in (9.0 m)
Draught
  • 9 ft (2.7 m) standard
  • 13 ft 11 in (4.2 m) maximum
Propulsion3 Yarrow-type Water-tube boilers, Brown-Curtis steam turbines, 2 shafts, 27500 shp
Speed34 knots
Range3,500 nmi (6,480 km) at 15 knots
Complement115
Armament

The ship was built under the 1916–17 programme in the 10th Destroyer order. Walpole was assigned to the 13th Destroyer Flotilla in the Grand Fleet after completion. she was assigned to the 11th Destroyer Flotilla in September 1939 and served until almost the end of the Second World War. Her role was mostly convoy escort duties, but she took part in two combined arms operations (Operations Amsterdam and Jubilee) and the D-day landings (Operation Neptune). She hit a mine on 6 January 1945 and was subsequently declared a constructive total loss and broken up at Thos. W. Ward Grays, Essex in March 1945.

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