HMS Wryneck (D21)

	Wryneck with a tug on her starboard side and a hospital ship in the background. About 1940, probably at Sollum, Egypt.
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Wryneck
Namesake	Wryneck
Ordered	16 December 1916
Builder	Palmers, Jarrow
Laid down	April 1917
Launched	13 May 1918
Completed	11 November 1918
Motto	Lay on
Honours and; awards	Libya 1941; Mefditerranean – Greece 1941;
Fate	Sunk by aircraft in the Aegean north of Crete, 27 April 1941
Badge	On a Field Green a Wryneck on a branch all Proper
General characteristics
Class and type	Admiralty W-class destroyer
Displacement	1,100 long tons (1,118 t)
Length	312 ft (95 m) o/a; 300 ft (91 m) p/p;
Beam	26 ft 9 in (8.15 m)
Draught	9 ft (2.7 m) standard; 11 ft (3.4 m) deep;
Propulsion	3 × Yarrow-type water tube boilers; Parsons steam turbines; 27,000 shp (20,000 kW); 2 shafts;
Speed	34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph)
Range	320-370 tons oil; 3,500 nmi (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph); 900 nmi (1,700 km; 1,000 mi) at 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph);
Complement	110
Armament	As built; 4 × QF 4 in Mk.V (102mm L/45) guns, mount P Mk.I; 2 × QF 2 pdr Mk.II "pom-pom" (40 mm L/39) anti-aircraft guns or 1 × QF 3 inch 20 cwt anti-aircraft gun; 6 (2×3) tubes for 21-inch (530 mm) torpedoes; From April 1940; 4 × QF 4 inch L/45 Mark XVI guns in two twin mounts HA/LA Mark XIX; 2 × quadruple Mark III Vickers .50 machine guns; 2 × racks and throwers for depth charges;

HMS Wryneck was an Admiralty W-class destroyer of the Royal Navy, which was sunk during the Battle of Greece on 27 April 1941.

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