HMS Whaddon (L45)

Career (UK)
Class and type:	Type I Hunt class destroyer
Name:	HMS Whaddon
Ordered:	11 April 1939
Builder:	Alexander Stephen & Sons, Linthouse, Govan
Yard number:	Admiralty Job No.1472
Laid down:	27 July 1939
Launched:	16 July 1940
Commissioned:	28 February 1941
Honours and awards:	North Sea 1941-43 Sicily 1943 Salerno 1943 Mediterranean 1943 South France 1944 Aegean 1944 Adriatic 1944
Fate:	Scrapped in April 1959
General characteristics
Displacement:	1,000 long tons (1,000 t) standard 1,340 long tons (1,360 t) full load
Length:	85 m (278 ft 10 in) o/a
Beam:	8.8 m (28 ft 10 in)
Draught:	3.27 m (10 ft 9 in)
Propulsion:	2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers 2 shaft Parsons geared turbines, 19,000 shp
Speed:	27.5 knots (31.6 mph; 50.9 km/h) 26 kn (30 mph; 48 km/h) full
Range:	3,500 nmi (6,500 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h) 1,000 nmi (1,900 km) at 26 kn (48 km/h)
Complement:	146
Armament:	• 4 × QF 4 in Mark XVI on twin mounts Mk. XIX • 4 × QF 2 pdr Mk. VIII on quad mount MK.VII • 2 × 20 mm Oerlikons on single mounts P Mk. III • 40 depth charges, 2 throwers, 1 rack

HMS Whaddon (L45) was a Type I Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy built by Alexander Stephen & Sons of Linthouse, Govan and launched on 16 July 1940. She was laid down on 27 July 1939 and commissioned 28 February 1941. Whaddon was scrapped at Faslane in April 1959.