HMS Wheatland

	Wheatland during the Second World War
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Wheatland
Ordered	4 September 1939
Builder	Yarrow Shipbuilders
Laid down	30 May 1940
Launched	7 June 1941
Commissioned	3 November 1941
Decommissioned	19 June 1945
Identification	Pennant number: L122
Honours and; awards	Arctic 1942, North Africa 1942–43, Sicily 1943, Mediterranean 1943, Salerno 1943, Adriatic 1944
Fate	Scrapped at Bo'ness on 20 September 1957
General characteristics Type II
Class and type	Hunt-class destroyer
Displacement	1,050 long tons (1,070 t) standard; 1,430 long tons (1,450 t) full load;
Length	85.3 m (279 ft 10 in) o/a
Beam	9.6 m (31 ft 6 in)
Draught	2.51 m (8 ft 3 in)
Propulsion	2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers; 2 shaft Parsons geared turbines, 19,000 shp (14,000 kW);
Speed	27 knots (31 mph; 50 km/h); 25.5 kn (29.3 mph; 47.2 km/h) full;
Range	3,600 nmi (6,700 km) at 14 kn (26 km/h)
Complement	164
Armament	6 × QF 4-inch (102 mm) Mark XVI guns on twin mounts Mk. XIX; 4 × QF 2-pounder (40 mm) Mk. VIII AA guns on quad mount MK.VII; 2 × 20 mm Oerlikon AA guns on single mounts P Mk. III; 110 depth charges, 2 throwers, 3 racks;

HMS Wheatland was a Type 2 Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy that served in the Second World War.

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