HMS Whitley (L23)

HMS Whitley (L23), ex-Whitby, was a W-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service in the British campaign in the Baltic Sea against Bolshevik forces during the Russian Civil War and in the early months of World War II.

HMS Whitley (L 23)
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Whitby
Ordered9 December 1916
BuilderWilliam Doxford & Sons, Sunderland
Laid downJune 1917
RenamedHMS Whitley
NamesakeMisspelling of originally intended name "Whitby"
Launched13 April 1918
Completed11 October 1918
Commissioned14 October 1918
Decommissioned1921
Recommissioned1923
Decommissioned1932
Recommissioned1939
IdentificationPennant number L23
MottoSilence is golden
FateBeached 19 May 1940; scuttled
BadgeThe Mace of the Speaker of the House of Commons on a red field
General characteristics
Displacement1,100 tons
Length300 ft (91 m) o/a, 312 ft (95 m)p/p
Beam26.75 ft (8.15 m)
Draught9 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)
Speed34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph)
Range320–370 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)
Complement110
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
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