HMS Westcott (D47)

	Westcott during World War II
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Westcott
Ordered	December 1916
Builder	Denny
Laid down	30 March 1917
Launched	14 February 1918
Commissioned	12 April 1918
Decommissioned	26 June 1945
Refit	Converted to long-range escort, 1943
Fate	Sold to BISCO and scrapped, 1946
General characteristics
Class and type	Admiralty W-class destroyer
Displacement	1,100 tons
Length	312 ft (95.1 m) length overall; 300 ft (91.4 m) between perpendiculars;
Beam	29 ft 6 in (9.0 m)
Draught	9 ft (2.7 m) standard; 13 ft 11 in (4.2 m) maximum;
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)
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	110
Armament	4 × QF 4-inch (102 mm) Mk V guns, mount P Mk.I; 2 × QF 2-pounder (40 mm) MkII "pom-pom" AA guns or;; 1 × QF 3-inch (76 mm) AA gun HA Mk.II; 6 (2x3) tubes for 21-inch (533 mm) torpedoes;

HMS Westcott (D47) was a Royal Navy Admiralty W-class destroyer that served in the Second World War. In the Second World War Westcott served in an anti-submarine role and escorted numerous Atlantic and Malta convoys.

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