| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Admiralty Modified W |
| Pennant | D 77 |
| Built by | Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd. (Wallsend-on-Tyne, U.K.): Wallsend |
| Ordered | Jan 1918 |
| Laid down | 3 Jun 1918 |
| Launched | 31 Jan 1919 |
| Commissioned | 11 Jul 1919 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | Sold to be broken up for scrap on 18 February 1947. Commanding Officers: Cdr Edward Reignier Conder, RN HMS Whitshed was in Dockyard Control during repairs Lt.Cdr. William Anthony Juniper, RN Lt.Cdr. Arthur Allison FitzRoy Talbot, DSO, RN Lt. Tom Peter Baillie-Grohman, DSC, RN Lt. Robert Graham Woodward, RN HMS Whitshed is not listed in the October 1945 Navy List |
Commands listed for HMS Whitshed (D 77)
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| Commander | From | To | ||
| 1 | Cdr. Edward Reignier Conder, RN | 15 Nov 1939 | Sep 1940 | |
| 2 | Lt.Cdr. William Anthony Juniper, RN | 29 Nov 1940 | 9 Jul 1942 | |
| 3 | Lt.Cdr. Arthur Allison FitzRoy Talbot, DSO, RN | 9 Jul 1942 | 14 Jul 1943 | |
| 4 | Lt. Tom Peter Baillie-Grohman, RN | 14 Jul 1943 | 12 Sep 1944 | |
| 5 | Lt. Robert Graham Woodward, RN | 12 Sep 1944 | ??? | |
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Noteable events involving Whitshed include:
30 Jan 1940
On 30 January 1940 U-55 attacked convoy OA-80G south-west of the Isles of Scilly which was escorted by the sloop HMS Fowey (Cdr. H.B. Ellison, RN). Two ships were hit and sunk, The Greek merchant Keramiai (5085 GRT) and the British merchant Vaclite (5026 GRT) sank in position 49º20'N 07º04'W. In the follow up attack HMS Fowey was joined by the Brisih destroyer HMS Whitshed (Cdr. E.R. Conder, RN), the French destroyers Valmy (Cdr. J.L.P. Constantin) and Guépard (Capt. R.E. Gervais de Lafond) and a a British Sunderland aircraft from 228 Sqdn. in the following attacks U-55 was sunk in position 48º37'N, 07º48'W with only a single casualty. (see map)
14 Feb 1940
HMS Whitshed (Cdr E.R. Conder, RN) and HMS Vesper (Lt.Cdr. W.F.E. Hussey, DSC, RN) together pick up 72 survivors from the British merchant Sultan Star that was torpedoed and sunk southwest of the Scilly Isles in position 48º54'N, 10º03'W by the German submarine U-48.
31 Jul 1940
HMS Whitshed (Cdr. E.R. Conder, DSC, RN) struck a mine off Harwich and was badly damaged. She was towed back to port by HMS Wild Swan (Lt.Cdr. J.L. Younghusband, DSC, RN). Repairs were completed in mid-December.
12 Dec 1942
The British destroyers HMS Whitshed, HMS Worcester and HMS Vesper, the British escort destroyers HMS Brocklesby and HMS Albrighton, and the Norwegian escort destroyer Eskdale attacked German shipping in the English Channel. Eskdale torpedoed and sank Sperrbrecher 144/Beijerland (387 BRT) west of Le Treport, France in position 50º05'N, 01º09'E and Whitshed torpedoed and sank Sperrbecher 178/Gauss (1236 BRT) north-east of Dieppe, France in position 50º04'N, 01º09'E.