HMS Walker

Survived

Type	Destroyer
Class	W
War	Second World War
Main guns	4 × QF 4-inch (102 mm) Mk.V guns, mount P Mk.I

Commander Donald Macintyre's ship, leading the 5th Escort Group. On the night of 16–17 March 1941 she depth-charged U-100 and then sank U-99, taking Otto Kretschmer prisoner. Scrapped in 1946.

The Royal Navy during the Second World War HMS WALKER underway in a choppy sea. Photo: Royal Navy official photographer, Tomlin, H W (Lt), Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

4 × QF 4-inch (102 mm) Mk.V guns, mount P Mk.I
2 × QF 2-pounder Mk.II "pom-pom" (40 mm L/39) or
1 × QF 3 inch 20 cwt (76 mm), mount HA Mk.II
6 (2x3) tubes for 21-inch (533 mm) torpedoes

Builder	William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton
Laid down	26 March 1917
Launched	29 November 1917
Commissioned	12 February 1918
Displacement	1,100 tons
Length	300 ft (91 m) o/a, 312 ft (95 m) p/p
Speed	34 knots (63 km/h)
Complement	110

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

29 November 1917

Convoy HX 112

Survived

15–17 March 1941

Macintyre's ship; sank U-99

Fate

Survived

Sold 15 March 1946 for scrapping