HMS Wheatland

Wheatland during the Second World War
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Wheatland
Ordered4 September 1939
BuilderYarrow Shipbuilders
Laid down30 May 1940
Launched7 June 1941
Commissioned3 November 1941
Decommissioned19 June 1945
IdentificationPennant number: L122
Honours &
awards		Arctic 1942, North Africa 1942–43, Sicily 1943, Mediterranean 1943, Salerno 1943, Adriatic 1944
FateScrapped at Bo'ness on 20 September 1957
General characteristics Type II
Class & typeHunt-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 1,050 long tons (1,070 t) standard
  • 1,430 long tons (1,450 t) full load
Length85.3 m (279 ft 10 in) o/a
Beam9.6 m (31 ft 6 in)
Draught2.51 m (8 ft 3 in)
Propulsion
Speed
  • 27 knots (31 mph; 50 km/h)
  • 25.5 kn (29.3 mph; 47.2 km/h) full
Range3,600 nmi (6,700 km) at 14 kn (26 km/h)
Complement164
Armament

HMS Wheatland was a Type 2 Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy that served in the Second World War.

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