HMS Westminster (L40)

HMS Westminster was a W-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was the first ship to bear the name. Launched in 1918, she served through two World Wars, and survived both to be sold for scrap in 1947.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Westminster.

HMS Westminster during the First World War
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Westminster
Ordered9 December 1916
BuilderScotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Greenock
Laid downApril 1917
Launched24 February 1918
Commissioned18 April 1918
DecommissionedAugust 1948
ReclassifiedEscort destroyer in December 1939
IdentificationPennant number L40
MottoPro populo et gloria: 'For the people and glory'
Honours and
awards
  • North Sea 1940-43
  • English Channel 1943
FateSold on 4 March 1947 for breaking up
BadgeOn a Field Blue, a Portcullis Gold.
General characteristics
Class and typeW-class destroyer
Displacement1,100 tons
Length
  • 312 ft (95.1 m) length overall
  • 300 ft (91.4 m) between perpendiculars
Beam29 ft 6 in (9.0 m)
Draught
  • 9 ft (2.7 m) standard
  • 13 ft 11 in (4.2 m) maximum
Propulsion
  • Three Yarrow type Water-tube boilers
  • Brown-Curtis steam turbines
  • Two shafts
  • 27,000 shp (20,000 kW)
Speed34-knot (63 km/h)
Range320-370 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)
Complement110
Armament
  • 6 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
  • 4 × 4 in (102 mm) low-angled guns
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