HMS Wrestler

HMS Wrestler (D35) was a V and W-class destroyer built by the Royal Navy during the First World War and active from 1939 to 1944 during the Second World War. She was the first Royal Navy ship to bear that name, and the only one to do so to date.

HMS Wrestler underway
History
United Kingdom
NameWrestler
Ordered9 December 1916
BuilderSwan Hunter, Wallsend
Laid downJuly 1917
Launched25 February 1918
Commissioned15 May 1918
Out of service6 June 1944
Motto
  • "Nitendo vincimus"
  • ("By doing our utmost we win")
Fate
  • Mined off Juno Beach, 6 June 1944
  • Sold for scrap, 20 July 1944
General characteristics
Class and typeV and W-class destroyer
Displacement1,100 long tons (1,118 t)
Length
  • 300 ft (91 m) o/a
  • 312 ft (95 m) p/p
Beam26 ft 6 in (8.08 m)
Draught11 ft 11+1⁄2 in (3.64 m) deep
Installed power
  • 3 × Yarrow boilers
  • 27,000 shp (20,000 kW)
Propulsion
  • Parsons steam turbines
  • 2 shafts
Speed34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph)
Range3,500 nmi (6,500 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement110
Armament
  • 4 × QF 4 in (102 mm) gun
  • 1 × QF 12 pdr (76 mm)
  • 2 × triple 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
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