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HMS Whirlwind (D30)

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Name
  
HMS Whirlwind

Displacement
  
1,100 tons

Builder
  
Ordered
  
9 December 1916

Launched
  
15 December 1917

Class and type
  
Admiralty W class destroyer

Fate
  
sunk by the German submarine U-34 5 July 1940

Length
  
300 ft (91 m) o/a312 ft (95 m) p/p

The first HMS Whirlwind (R87) was a W-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service during World War I and World War II.

Whirlwind was built by Swan Hunter and was launched on 15 December 1917. On 5 July 1940, she was sunk by the German submarine U-34 under the command of Wilhelm Rollmann in the North Atlantic Ocean southwest of Ireland.

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HMS Whirlwind (D30) Wikipedia