HMS Walpole (D41)

History
United Kingdom
Name:	HMS Walpole
Builder:	William Doxford & Sons, Sunderland
Laid down:	May 1917
Launched:	12 February 1918
Commissioned:	7 August 1918
Motto:	Fari quod aentiaa: ' Speak as you feel'
Honours and awards:	Atlantic 1939-43 Dover Strait 1942 English Channel 1942-44 North Sea 1942-44 Normandy 1944
Fate:	Damaged by mine on 6 January 1945 Sold for scrapping on 8 February 1945
Notes:	Pennant number: D41
Badge:	On a Field Black, an Antelope's head Silver, collared blue and gold, armed and chained gold
General characteristics
Displacement:	1,188 tons
Tons burthen:	1,400 tons
Length:	312 ft (95.1 m) length overall 300 ft (91.4 m) between perpendiculars
Beam:	29 ft 6 in (9.0 m)
Draught:	9 ft (2.7 m) standard 13 ft 11 in (4.2 m) maximum
Propulsion:	3 Yarrow-type Water-tube boilers, Brown-Curtis steam turbines, 2 shafts, 27500 shp
Speed:	34 knots
Range:	3,500 nmi (6,480 km) at 15 knots
Complement:	115
Armament:	4 × QF 4-inch (101.6 mm) Mk V guns 2 × QF 2 pdr pom-poms 4 × 21-inch Torpedo Tubes

HMS Walpole (D41) was a W-class destroyer of the Royal Navy.

The ship was built under the 1916-17 programme in the 10th Destroyer order. Walpole was assigned to the 13th Destroyer Flotilla in the Grand Fleet after completion, and served until almost the end of the Second World War. Her role was mostly convoy escort duties, but she took part in two combined arms operations (Operations Amsterdam and Jubilee) and the D-day landings (Operation Neptune). She hit a mine on 6 January 1945 and was subsequently declared a constructive total loss and broken up in Thos W Ward Grays, Essex in March 1945.

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V- and W- class destroyers
Admiralty	V class leaders  Royal Navy Malcolm / Valkyrie Bruce / Valentine Montrose / Valorous Wallace / Vampire Douglas / Valhalla  Royal Australian Navy Vampire V class  Royal Navy Vanoc Vimiera Vehement Vanquisher Verdun Vega Violent Vendetta Vectis Venturous Verulam Vortigern Venetia Vittoria Versatile Vivacious Velox Vesper Vancouver / Vimy Vivien Vidette Vanessa Vanity  Royal Australian Navy Vendetta W class  Royal Navy Completed Westminster Wakeful Watchman Walker Whirlwind Winchelsea Walrus Warwick Winchester Walpole Westcott Wrestler Wessex Wolfhound Waterhen Whitby / Whitley Voyager Wryneck Windsor Cancelled Wayfarer Woodpecker  Royal Australian Navy Voyager Waterhen Modified W class Completed Venom / Venomous Witherington Whitshed Verity Wivern Vansittart Volunteer Veteran Wanderer Wild Swan Wolverine Whitehall Worcester / Yeoman Wren Cancelled Vantage / Vimy Vashon Vengeful Vigo Vigorous / Wistful Virulent Volage Volcano Votary Wager Wake Waldegrave Walton Warren Watson Wave Weazel Welcome Welfare Wellesley Werewolf Westphal Westward Ho Willoughby Wheeler Whelp Whip Whippet Whitaker White Bear Whitehead Winter Wrangler Wye Yeoman Zealous Zebra Zodiac
Thornycroft	V class Viceroy Viscount W class Wolsey Woolston Modified W class Wishart Witch
Preceded by: S class Followed by: Scott class
List of destroyers of the Royal Navy

Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in January 1945
Shipwrecks	4 Jan: USS Ommaney Bay 5 Jan: Ha-71, Ha-82, Momi 6 Jan: USS Long 7 Jan: USS Hovey, USS Palmer 9 Jan: Kuroshio Maru, U-679 11 Jan: T-76 Kotall 12 Jan: Ikutagawa Maru, Kashii, Lamotte-Picquet, Louhi, M-1, PB-103, USS Swordfish 15 Jan: Claus Rickmers, Hatakaze 16 Jan: Deyatelny, Donau, U-248 17 Jan: U-2515, U-2523, U-2630 19 Jan: HMS Porpoise 21 Jan: U-1199 22 Jan: Saga 24 Jan: Empire Rupert, USS Extractor, Shigure 26 Jan: HMS Manners, U-1051 27 Jan: U-1172 29 Jan: USS Serpens, U-763 30 Jan: USS Pontiac, Wilhelm Gustloff 31 Jan: USS PC-1129, U-2520 Unknown date: Christian Radich, U-382, U-480, U-650, U-1020
Other incidents	3 Jan: Shakespeare 6 Jan: USS Brooks, HMS Walpole 11 Jan: USS Belknap 12 Jan: Otto Petersen 15 Jan: HMS Thane 18 Jan: Empire Clansman 24 Jan: HMS Twickenham
1944 1945 1946 December 1944 February 1945