Name HMS Whirlwind Displacement 1,100 tons | Ordered 9 December 1916 Launched 15 December 1917 | |
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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