HMS Whaddon (L45) was a Type I Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy built by Alexander Stephen & Sons of Linthouse, Govan and launched on 16 July 1940. She was laid down on 27 July 1939 and commissioned 28 February 1941. She was adopted by the civil community of Newport Pagnell in Buckinghamshire, as part of the Warship Week campaign in 1942.

Whaddon, 19 June 1942
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Whaddon
Ordered11 April 1939
BuilderAlexander Stephen & Sons, Linthouse, Govan
Yard numberAdmiralty Job No.1472
Laid down27 July 1939
Launched16 July 1940
Commissioned28 February 1941
IdentificationPennant number: L45
Honours and
awards
FateScrapped in April 1959
General characteristics
Class and typeType I Hunt-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 1,000 long tons (1,016 t) standard
  • 1,340 long tons (1,362 t) full load
Length85 m (278 ft 10 in) o/a
Beam8.8 m (28 ft 10 in)
Draught3.27 m (10 ft 9 in)
Propulsion
Speed
  • 27.5 knots (31.6 mph; 50.9 km/h)
  • 26 kn (30 mph; 48 km/h) full
Range
  • 3,500 nmi (6,500 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h)
  • 1,000 nmi (1,900 km) at 26 kn (48 km/h)
Complement146
Armament

Service history

edit

During 1941 and 1942 she was on North Sea Convoy escort duties.

She was then allocated to the Mediterranean Fleet in March 1943 where she undertook escort and patrol duties and provided cover for the allied landings in Sicily and Salerno.

On 29 September 1945 Whaddon sailed from Gibraltar to Devonport and was placed in reserve.[1] She was scrapped at Faslane in April 1959. She has since had a British Sea Cadet Corps unit named after it, T.S Whaddon.

References

edit
  1. ^ Critchley, Mike, "British Warships Since 1945: Part 3: Destroyers", Maritime Books: Liskeard, UK, 1982. ISBN 0-9506323-9-2, page 29

Publications

edit
edit