HMS Wilton (L128)

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

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

Wilton at sea off Bizerte (IWM)
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Wilton
Ordered4 September 1939
BuilderYarrow Shipbuilders
Laid down7 June 1940
Launched17 October 1941
Completed18 February 1942
Decommissioned19 June 1945
IdentificationPennant number: L128
Honours and
awards
  • Arctic 1942
  • Malta Convoys 1942
  • North Africa 1942–43
  • Sicily 1943
  • Aegean 1943
  • Mediterranean 1944
  • Adriatic 1944
  • North Sea 1945
FateScrapped at Faslane 1959
BadgeOn a Field White, an eagle's head erased Green gorged with a chain pendant therefrom a bugle horn Gold.
General characteristics Type II
Class and typeHunt-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 1,050 long tons (1,070 t) standard
  • 1,430 long tons (1,450 t) full load
Length85.3 m (279 ft 10 in) o/a
Beam9.6 m (31 ft 6 in)
Draught2.51 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
Range3,600 nmi (6,700 km) at 14 kn (26 km/h)
Complement164
Armament
  • 6 × QF 4 in Mark XVI on twin mounts Mk. XIX
  • 4 × QF 2 pdr Mk. VIII on quad mount MK.VII
  • 2 × 20 mm Oerlikons on single mounts P Mk. III
  • 110 depth charges, 2 throwers, 3 racks
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