HMS Viceroy (D91)

	HMS Viceroy during World War II.
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Viceroy
Namesake	viceroy
Ordered	30 June 1916 or August 1916
Builder	John I. Thornycroft & Company, Woolston
Laid down	12 December 1916
Launched	17 November 1917
Completed	14 January 1918
Commissioned	18 January 1918
Decommissioned	mid-1930s
Identification	Pennant number:; F99 (January 1918); F38 (April 1918); D91 (interwar); L21 (May 1940);
Recommissioned	January 1941
Decommissioned	sometime after 15 August 1945
Motto	In the King's name
Honours and; awards	Battle honours for:; North Sea 1942–1945; Sicily 1943;
Fate	Sold 15 May 1947 or June 1948 for scrapping
Badge	The Star of India under a crown proper on a white field
General characteristics
Displacement	1,120 tons standard
Length	300 ft (91 m) o/a, 312 ft (95 m) p/p
Beam	30 ft 6 in (9.30 m)
Draught	10 ft 6 in (3.20 m)
Propulsion	3 Yarrow type Water-tube boilers, Brown-Curtis steam turbines, 2 shafts, 30,000 shp
Speed	36-knot (67 km/h)
Range	320–370 tons oil, 3,500 nmi (6,500 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h), 900 nmi (1,700 km) at 32 knots (59 km/h)
Complement	134
Armament	4 × QF 4 in Mk V (102mm L/45), mount P Mk.I; 1 × QF 3-inch 20 cwt Mk.I (76 mm), mount HA Mk.II; 6 (3x2) tubes for 21 in torpedoes;

HMS Viceroy (D91) was a W-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service in the final months of World War I and in World War II.

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