| Name: | WHITSHED |
| Type: | Destroyer |
| Keel: | 03/06/1918 |
| Launched: | 31/01/1919 |
| Completed: | 11/07/1919 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Wallsend |
| Yard Number: | 1103 |
| Dimensions: | 1140disp - 1550disp, 300.0 x 29.5 x 9.0ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, Parsons type, 27000shp |
| Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 34.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 4 x 1 x 4.7ins QF, 2 x 1 x 2pdr QF guns; 2 x 3 x 21.0ins torpedoes |
| (1940: 1 x 2 x 6pdr, 3 x 1 x 4.7 QF, 1 x 3.0ins AA, 2 x 1 x 2pdr QF guns; | |
| 1 x 3 x 21.0ins torpedoes) | |
| History: | |
| 11/07/1919 | British Royal Navy |
| 02/1947 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Member of the Admiralty Modified W Class |
| 1940: Rebuilt as a short range escort | |
| 02/1947: Sold to BISCO for breaking up | |
| 04/1948: Arrived at Gateshead for breaking up by JJ King Ltd |
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