HMS Witch (D89)

	At dawn off Plymouth, England, HMS Witch (foreground) leads other destroyers during World War II.
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Witch
Ordered	January 1918
Builder	John I. Thornycroft & Company, Woolston, Hampshire, Hampshire; Devonport Dockyard, Devonport, Devon;
Laid down	13 June 1918
Launched	11 November 1919
Completed	March 1924
Commissioned	March 1924
Decommissioned	1920s
Recommissioned	1939
Decommissioned	soon after 15 August 1945
Motto	I'll do and I'll do
Honours and; awards	Battle honours for:; Atlantic 1940-1943; Norway 1940; North Sea 1944;
Fate	Sold for scrapping 12 July 1946
Badge	A black cat affronte cantant before a silver crescent moon on a blue field
General characteristics
Displacement	1,140 tons standard, 1,550 tons full
Length	300 ft o/a, 312 ft p/p
Beam	30 ft
Draught	10 ft 11 in
Propulsion	3 Yarrow type Water-tube boilers, Brown-Curtis steam turbines, 2 shafts, 27,000 shp
Speed	34 kt; Reduced to 25 kt 1943;
Range	320-370 tons oil; 3,500 nmi at 15 kt; 900 nmi at 32 kt;
Complement	134
Sensors and ; processing systems	Type 271 surface warning radar fitted 1942
Armament	4 × BL 4.7 in (120-mm) Mk.I guns mount P Mk.I; 2 × QF 2 pdr Mk.II "pom-pom" (40 mm L/39); 6 × 21-inch Torpedo Tubes;
Notes	Pennant number D89

HMS Witch (D89) was a Modified W-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service in World War II.

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