Editing V and W-class destroyer (section)

==Admiralty W class==
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|Ship image=[[File:HMAS Waterhen SLV Green.jpg|300px]]
|Ship caption=HMAS ''Waterhen'' (D22)
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|Header caption= (Admiralty W class)
|Ship displacement= 1,100&nbsp;tons
|Ship draught= 9&nbsp;ft standard, 11&nbsp;ft 3&nbsp;in deep
|Ship propulsion=3 Yarrow type Water-tube boilers (White-Forster type in ''Winchelsea'', ''Winchester''), Brown-Curtis steam turbines (Parsons in ''Waterhen'', ''Wrestler'', ''Wryneck''), 2 shafts, 27,000&nbsp;shp
|Ship complement= 110
|Ship armament=
* 4 × [[QF 4-inch naval gun Mk V|QF 4 in Mk.V (102mm L/45) guns]]
** 2 × [[QF 2-pounder naval gun|QF 2 pdr Mk.II "pom-pom" (40 mm L/39) anti-aircraft guns]] or;
** 1 × [[QF 3-inch 20 cwt]] anti-aircraft gun
* 6 (2x3) tubes for [[British 21-inch torpedo|{{convert|21|inch|adj=on}} torpedo]]es
|Ship notes=Other characteristics as per Admiralty V leader
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The '''Admiralty W class''' comprised 21 vessels, all ordered in December 1916 under the 10th War Programme, although the two ships ordered from Yarrow were cancelled in April 1917 and replaced by the orders for two '''Yarrow S class''' (''Tomahawk'' and ''Torch''). The Admiralty W-class ships were a follow on from the Admiralty V class, with minimal changes, primarily in that the triple torpedo tube mounting was now ready and all these vessels shipped two of these mountings from new. They also had a taller mainmast.

===Ships===
* [[HMAS Voyager (D31)|''Voyager'']] – built by [[Alexander Stephen & Sons]], [[Linthouse]], laid down 17 May 1917, launched 8 May 1918, completed 24 June 1918, transferred to [[Royal Australian Navy]] in October 1933, bombed by [[Imperial Japan|Japanese]] aircraft and beached [[Timor]] 23 September 1942.
* [[HMS Wakeful (H88)|''Wakeful'']] – built by [[John Brown & Company]], [[Clydebank]], laid down 17 January 1917, launched 6 October 1917, completed 16 November 1917, torpedoed and sunk by [[Kriegsmarine|German]] [[E-boat]] ''S30'' off [[Nieuwpoort, Belgium|Nieuwpoort]] 29 May 1940.
* [[HMS Walker (D27)|''Walker'']] – built by [[William Denny & Brothers Limited]], [[Dumbarton]], laid down 26 March 1917, launched 29 November 1917, completed 2 February 1918, sold for breaking up 15 March 1946.
* [[HMS Walpole (D41)|''Walpole'']] – built by [[William Doxford & Sons Ltd]], [[Pallion]], laid down May 1917, launched 12 February 1918, completed 7 August 1918, mined in [[North Sea]] 6 January 1945 and written off as constructive total loss, sold for breaking up 8 February 1945.
* [[HMS Walrus (1917)|''Walrus'']] – built by [[Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Company]], [[Govan]], laid down 1917, launched 27 December 1917, completed 8 March 1918, stranded in Scarborough North Bay 12 February 1938 and written off as constructive total loss, sold for breaking up 5 March 1938.
* [[HMS Warwick (D25)|''Warwick'']] – built by [[Hawthorn Leslie & Company]], [[Hebburn]], laid down 10 March 1917, launched 28 December 1917, completed 18 March 1918, torpedoed and sunk by {{GS|U-413}} off [[Trevose Head Lighthouse|Trevose Head]] 20 February 1944.
* [[HMS Watchman (D26)|''Watchman'']] – built by John Brown, laid down 17 January 1917, launched 2 November 1917, completed 26 January 1918, sold for breaking up 23 July 1945.
* [[HMAS Waterhen (D22)|''Waterhen'']] – built by [[Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Company]], [[Jarrow]], laid down July 1917, launched 26 March 1918, completed 17 April 1918, transferred to [[Royal Australian Navy]] in October 1933, bombed and sunk off of [[Libya]] by German and [[Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)|Italian]] aircraft 30 June 1941.
* [[HMS Wessex (D43)|''Wessex'']] – built by Hawthorn Leslie, laid down 23 May 1917, launched 12 March 1918, completed 11 May 1918, bombed by German aircraft off [[Calais]] 24 May 1940.
* [[HMS Westcott (D47)|''Westcott'']] – built by Denny, laid down 30 March 1917, launched 14 February 1918, completed 12 March 1918, sold for breaking up 8 January 1946. Notable as first vessel to be fitted with the [[Hedgehog (weapon)|Hedgehog]] depth charge mortar in August 1941.
* [[HMS Westminster (L40)|''Westminster'']] – built by [[Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Company]], [[Greenock]], laid down April 1917, launched 25 February 1917, completed 18 April 1918, sold for breaking up 4 March 1947.
* [[HMS Whirlwind (D30)|''Whirlwind'']] – built by [[Swan Hunter|Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson]], [[Wallsend]] laid down May 1917, launched 15 December 1917, completed 15 March 1918, torpedoed by German U-boat {{SMU|U-34|Germany|2}} southwest of Ireland, 5 July 1940.
* [[HMS Whitley (L23)|''Whitley'']] (ex-''Whitby'') – built by Doxford, laid down June 1917, launched 13 April 1918, completed 14 October 1918, bombed by German aircraft and beached off [[Ostend]] 19 May 1940.
* [[HMS Winchelsea (D46)|''Winchelsea'']] – built by [[J. Samuel White & Company]], [[Cowes]], laid down 25 May 1917, launched 15 December 1917, completed 15 March 1918, sold for breaking up 20 March 1945.
* [[HMS Winchester (L55)|''Winchester'']] – built by White, laid down 12 June 1917, launched 1 February 1918, completed 29 April 1918, sold for breaking up 5 March 1946.
* [[HMS Windsor (D42)|''Windsor'']] – built by Scotts, laid down April 1917, launched 21 June 1918, completed 28 August 1918, sold for breaking up 4 March 1947.
* [[HMS Wolfhound (L56)|''Wolfhound'']] – built by Fairfield, laid down April 1917, launched 14 March 1918, completed 27 April 1918, sold for breaking up 18 February 1948.
* [[HMS Wrestler (D35)|''Wrestler'']]  – built by Swan Hunter, laid down April 1917, launched 25 February 1918, completed 15 May 1918, mined off [[Juno Beach]] 6 June 1944 and written off as constructive total loss, sold for breaking up 20 July 1944.
* [[HMS Wryneck (D21)|''Wryneck'']] – built by Palmers, laid down April 1917, launched 13 May 1918, completed 11 November 1918, bombed by German aircraft off [[Morea]], Greece 27 April 1941.
* ''Wayfarer'' – ordered from Yarrow but not laid down, order cancelled April 1917.
* ''Woodpecker'' – ordered from Yarrow but not laid down, order cancelled April 1917.