HMS Westcott (D47)

Westcott during World War II
History
United Kingdom
Name:	HMS Westcott
Ordered:	December 1916
Builder:	Denny
Laid down:	30 March 1917
Launched:	14 February 1918
Commissioned:	12 April 1918
Decommissioned:	26 June 1945
Refit:	Converted to long-range escort, 1943
Fate:	Sold to BISCO and scrapped, 1946
General characteristics
Class and type:	Admiralty W-class destroyer
Displacement:	1,100 tons
Length:	312 ft (95.1 m) length overall 300 ft (91.4 m) between perpendiculars
Beam:	29 ft 6 in (9.0 m)
Draught:	9 ft (2.7 m) standard 13 ft 11 in (4.2 m) maximum
Propulsion:	3 Yarrow type Water-tube boilers Brown-Curtis steam turbines 2 shafts 27,000 shp (20,000 kW)
Speed:	34 knots (63 km/h)
Range:	320-370 tons oil, 3,500 nmi (6,500 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h), 900 nmi (1,700 km) at 32 knots (59 km/h)
Complement:	110
Armament:	4 × QF 4-inch (102 mm) Mk V guns, mount P Mk.I 2 × QF 2-pounder (40 mm) MkII "pom-pom" AA guns or; 1 × QF 3-inch (76 mm) AA gun HA Mk.II 6 (2x3) tubes for 21-inch (533 mm) torpedoes

HMS Westcott (D47) was a Royal Navy Admiralty W-class destroyer that served in the Second World War. In the Second World War Westcott served in an anti-submarine role and escorted numerous Atlantic and Malta convoys.

On 9 December 1916, the British Admiralty placed an order for 21 large destroyers based on the V class, which became the Admiralty W class. Of these destroyers, two, Westcott and Walker were ordered from the Scottish shipbuilders William Denny and Brothers.

Westcott was 312 feet (95.1 m) long overall and 300 feet (91.4 m) between perpendiculars, with a beam of 26 feet 6 inches (8.08 m) and a draught of between 10 feet 9 inches (3.28 m) and 11 feet 11 ¹⁄₂ inches (3.64 m) depending on load. Displacement was 1,100 long tons (1,100 t) standard, and up to 1,490 long tons (1,510 t) deep load. Three oil-fed Yarrow boilers raising steam at 250 pounds per square inch (1,700 kPa) fed Brown-Curtis geared steam turbines which developed 27,000 shaft horsepower (20,000 kW), driving two screws for a maximum designed speed of 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph). The ship carried 368 long tons (374 t) of oil giving a range of 3,500 nautical miles (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph).

Westcott's main gun armament consisted of four 4-inch Mk V QF guns in four single mounts on the ship's centerline. These were disposed as two forward and two aft in superimposed firing positions. A single QF 3-inch (76 mm) 20 cwt anti-aircraft gun was mounted aft of the second funnel. Aft of the 3-inch gun, she carried six 21-inch torpedo tubes mounted in two triple mounts on the center-line.