The destroyer HMS Wallace (L 64) of the Royal Navy.
Technical information
| Type | Destroyer |
| Displacement | 1554 BRT |
| Length | 329 feet (oa) |
| Complement | 164 men |
| Armament | Broke and Keppel;
5 4.7" guns (5x1) Wallace (as fast escort); 4 4" AA guns (2x2) 4 2pdr AA (1x4) 2 20mm AA (2x1) 8 .5" AA (2x4) |
| Max speed | 33 knots |
| Engines | Geared steam turbines |
| Power | 40000 hp |
| Notes on class | Designed and built by Thornycroft as flotilla leaders for the V & W-class destroyers. HMS Shakespeare and HMS Spencer were decommissioned in the 30's and sold for scrap in 1936. 4 additional destroyers (Spragge, Barrington, Hughes and Saunders) of this class were cancelled after the end of WWI in Dec 1918. HMS Wallace was reconstructed to a fast escort more or less on the same lines as the Admiralty V & W-class fast escort conversions. She had however, being larger, more small AA machine guns. HMS Broke and HMS Keppel were modified for escort duties during the war. |
Royal Navy ships of the Shakespeare class
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| HMS Broke (D 83) | Lost on 8 Nov 1942 | |
| HMS Keppel (D 84 / I 84) | ||
Fast escort | ||
 | HMS Wallace (L 64) | |
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