HMS Watchman (D26)

	HMS Watchman at anchor in Plymouth Sound during World War II.
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Watchman
Namesake	watchman
Ordered	9 December 1916
Builder	John Brown & Company, Clydebank
Laid down	17 January 1917
Launched	2 December 1917
Completed	26 January 1918
Commissioned	26 January 1918
Decommissioned	1920s/1930s
Recommissioned	1939
Decommissioned	May 1945
Identification	Pennant number:; G23 (January 1918); G09 (April 1918); D26 (interwar); I26 (May 1940);
Motto	Securitas ("Safety")
Honours and; awards	Battle honours for:; Atlantic 1940-1941; Normandy 1944; Arctic 1944; English Channel 1944-1945;
Fate	Sold 23 July 1945 for scrapping
Badge	A gold lanthom (i.e, ship's lantern) with red panes on a black field
General characteristics
Class and type	Admiralty W-class destroyer
Displacement	1,100 tons
Length	300 ft (91 m) o/a, 312 ft (95 m)p/p
Beam	26.75 ft (8.15 m)
Draught	9 ft (2.7 m) standard, 11.25 ft (3.43 m) in deep
Propulsion	3 Yarrow type Water-tube boilers; Brown-Curtis steam turbines; 2 shafts; 27,000 shp (20,000 kW);
Speed	34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph)
Range	320-370 tons oil, 3,500 nmi (6,500 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph), 900 nmi (1,700 km) at 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)
Complement	110
Armament	4 × QF 4 in Mk.V (102mm L/45), mount P Mk.I; 2 × QF 2 pdr Mk.II "pom-pom" (40 mm L/39) or;; 1 × QF 3 inch 20 cwt (76 mm), mount HA Mk.II; 6 (2x3) tubes for 21 in torpedoes;

HMS Watchman was a W-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service in the final months of World War I, in the Russian Civil War, and in World War II.

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