HMS Wheatland

Wheatland during the Second World War
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Wheatland
Ordered	4 September 1939
Builder	Yarrow Shipbuilders
Laid down	30 May 1940
Launched	7 June 1941
Commissioned	3 November 1941
Decommissioned	19 June 1945
Identification	Pennant number: L122
Honours and awards	Arctic 1942, North Africa 1942–43, Sicily 1943, Mediterranean 1943, Salerno 1943, Adriatic 1944
Fate	Scrapped at Bo'ness on 20 September 1957
General characteristics Type II
Class and type	Hunt-class destroyer
Displacement	1,050 long tons (1,070 t) standard 1,430 long tons (1,450 t) full load
Length	85.3 m (279 ft 10 in) o/a
Beam	9.6 m (31 ft 6 in)
Draught	2.51 m (8 ft 3 in)
Propulsion	2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers 2 shaft Parsons geared turbines, 19,000 shp (14,000 kW)
Speed	27 knots (31 mph; 50 km/h) 25.5 kn (29.3 mph; 47.2 km/h) full
Range	3,600 nmi (6,700 km) at 14 kn (26 km/h)
Complement	164
Armament	6 × QF 4-inch (102 mm) Mark XVI guns on twin mounts Mk. XIX 4 × QF 2-pounder (40 mm) Mk. VIII AA guns on quad mount MK.VII 2 × 20 mm Oerlikon AA guns on single mounts P Mk. III 110 depth charges, 2 throwers, 3 racks

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