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===Ships=== * [[HMAS Voyager (D31)|''Voyager'']] β 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'']] β 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'']] β 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'']] β 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'']] β 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'']] β 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'']] β 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'']] β 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 (1861β1946)|Italian]] aircraft 30 June 1941. * [[HMS Wessex (D43)|''Wessex'']] β 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'']] β 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'']] β 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'']] β 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'') β 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'']] β 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'']] β 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'']] β 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'']] β 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'']] β 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'']] β 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'' β ordered from Yarrow but not laid down, order cancelled April 1917. * ''Woodpecker'' β ordered from Yarrow but not laid down, order cancelled April 1917.
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