V and W Class Destroyer - Admiralty W Class

Admiralty W Class


HMAS Waterhen (D22)
General characteristics (Admiralty W class)
Displacement: 1,100 tons
Draught: 9 ft standard, 11 ft 3 in deep
Propulsion: 3 Yarrow type Water-tube boilers (White-Forster type in Winchelsea, Winchester), Brown-Curtis steam turbines (Parsons in Waterhen, Wrestler, Wryneck), 2 shafts, 27,000 shp
Complement: 110
Armament:
  • 4 x QF 4 in Mk.V (102mm L/45) guns, mount P Mk.I
    • 2 x QF 2 pdr Mk.II "pom-pom" (40 mm L/39) anti-aircraft guns or;
    • 1 x QF 3 inch 20 cwt anti-aircraft gun
  • 6 (2x3) tubes for 21-inch (530 mm) torpedoes
Notes: Other characteristics as per Admiralty V leader

The Admiralty W class comprised 21 vessels, all ordered in December 1916, although the two ships ordered from Yarrow were cancelled in April 1917 and replaced by the orders for two Yarrow S class (Tomahawk and Torch). The Admiralty W class ships were a follow on from the Admiralty V class, with minimal changes, primarily in that the triple torpedo tube mounting was now ready and all these vessels shipped two of these mountings from new. They also had a taller mainmast.

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