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Wrestler

HMS Wrestler

Sunk

Royal Navy

TypeDestroyer
ClassV and W
WarSecond World War
Main guns4 × QF 4 in (102 mm) gun

Old V and W destroyer, at Mers-el-Kébir. Mined off Normandy in June 1944 and not repaired.

HMS Wrestler (1918) underway Photo: Royal Navy, PD · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 4 × QF 4 in (102 mm) gun
  • 1 × QF 12 pdr (76 mm)
  • 2 × triple 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
BuilderSwan Hunter, Wallsend
Laid downJuly 1917
Launched25 February 1918
Commissioned15 May 1918
Displacement1,100 long tons (1,118 t)
Length300 ft (91 m) o/a 312 ft (95 m) p/p
Speed34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph)
Complement110

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

Career

Launched

25 February 1918

Attack on Mers-el-Kébir
Survived

3 July 1940

Fate

Sunk

Mined off Juno Beach, 6 June 1944

Sold for scrap, 20 July 1944