HMS Watchman (D26)

HMS Watchman at anchor in Plymouth Sound during World War II.
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Watchman
Namesakewatchman
Ordered9 December 1916
BuilderJohn Brown & Company, Clydebank
Laid down17 January 1917
Launched2 December 1917
Completed26 January 1918
Commissioned26 January 1918
Decommissioned1920s/1930s
Recommissioned1939
DecommissionedMay 1945
Identification
  • Pennant number:
  • G23 (January 1918)
  • G09 (April 1918)
  • D26 (interwar)
  • I26 (May 1940)
MottoSecuritas ("Safety")
Honours &
awards
FateSold 23 July 1945 for scrapping
BadgeA gold lanthom (i.e, ship's lantern) with red panes on a black field
General characteristics
Class & typeAdmiralty W-class destroyer
Displacement1,100 tons
Length300 ft (91 m) o/a, 312 ft (95 m)p/p
Beam26.75 ft (8.15 m)
Draught9 ft (2.7 m) standard, 11.25 ft (3.43 m) in deep
Propulsion
  • 3 Yarrow type Water-tube boilers
  • Brown-Curtis steam turbines
  • 2 shafts
  • 27,000 shp (20,000 kW)
Speed34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph)
Range320-370 tons oil, 3,500 nmi (6,500 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph), 900 nmi (1,700 km) at 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)
Complement110
Armament

HMS Watchman was a W-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service in the final months of World War I, in the Russian Civil War, and in World War II.

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