H.M.S. Wrestler (D 35)
Navy:........................... The Royal Navy
Type:........................... Destroyer
Class:.......................... Admiralty V & W
Penant:........................ D 35
Mod:............................ Long range escort
Built by:....................... Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd. (Wallsend-on-Tyne, U.K.)
Laid down:.................. July, 1917
Launched:................... 25th February, 1918
Commissioned:........... 15th May, 1918
Displacement:............. 1188 BRT
Length:........................ 312 feet
Complement:.............. 134 men
Armament:..................
Original design:.......... 4 4" guns (4x1)
.....................................2 2pdr AA (2x1)
.....................................6 21" torpedo tubes (2x3)
Fast escort:................. 4 4" guns (2x2)
.....................................8 .5" AA (2x4)
Short range escort:.......3 4" guns (3x1)
......................................1 3" AA gun
..................................... 2 2pdr AA (2x1)
..................................... 3 21" torpedo tubes (1x3)
Long range escort:...... 2 4" guns (2x1)
.....................................1 3" AA gun
.....................................2 2pdr AA (2x1)
.....................................1 Hedgehog
Maximum speed:......... 34 Knots
Engines:...................... Geared turbines, 2 shafts
Power:......................... 30000 HP
Reconstruction to Long Range Escort finished in May 1943. Mined off Normandy (Juno beach) on the 6th June 1944 and declared a constructive total loss. Sold to be broken up for scrap on the 20th July 1944.
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