HMS Warwick (D25)
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 HMS Warwick |
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| Career (United Kingdom) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Warwick |
| Builder: | Hawthorn Leslie & Company, Hebburn |
| Laid down: | March 10, 1917 |
| Launched: | December 28, 1917 |
| Commissioned: | March 18, 1918 |
| Fate: | Sunk by U-413, 1944 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Admiralty W class |
| Displacement: | 1,100 tons |
| Length: | 300 feet (91.4 m) |
| Beam: | 26.9 feet (8.2 m) |
| Draught: | 9 feet (2.7 m) |
| Propulsion: | 3 Yarrow type Water-tube boilers, Brown-Curtis steam turbines, 2 shafts, 27,000 shp |
| Speed: | 34 knots |
| Complement: | 110 |
| Armament: | 4×QF 4" L/45 Mark V, mounting P Mk. I, 2×QF 2 pdr pom-pom Mk. II, 2×triple tubes for 21 in torpedoes. |
- See HMS Warwick for other ships of this name
HMS Warwick (D-25) was a 'W' class destroyer built in 1917.
Served in the Second Ostend Raid in May 1918 and struck a mine, suffering severe damage and nearly sinking.
Sunk in 1944 during the Second Battle of the Atlantic near Trevose Head by Unterseeboot 413.
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