Allied Warships

HMS Whirlwind (ii) (R 87)

Destroyer of the W class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassW 
PennantR 87 
Built byHawthorn Leslie & Co. (Hebburn-on-Tyne, U.K.) 
OrderedDec 1941 
Laid down31 Jul 1942 
Launched30 Aug 1943 
Commissioned20 Jul 1944 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Reconstructed as Type 15 frigate during 1953-1954.

Sunk as a target in 1974.

Commanding Officer:
Cdr. William Alan Frank Hawkins, DSO, DSC and Bar, OBE, RN
14 June 1944 - still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List

 

Commands listed for HMS Whirlwind (ii) (R 87)

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1Cdr. William Alan Frank Hawkins, DSC, OBE, DSO, RN14 Jun 1944Oct 1945 ?

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Noteable events involving Whirlwind (ii) include:


Converted to W-Class Frigate during the late 1950's. 1963-1965; Served on the West Indies Station and was based in Bermuda.

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