HMS_Whirlwind_(D30)

HMS <i>Whirlwind</i> (D30)

HMS Whirlwind (D30)

Destroyer of the Royal Navy

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Whirlwind.

The first HMS Whirlwind was a W-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service during World War I and World War II.

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Whirlwind was built by Swan Hunter and was launched on 15 December 1917. In September 1939 was part of the 11th Destroyer Flotilla. On 5 July 1940, she was sunk by the German submarine U-34 under the command of Wilhelm Rollmann in the North Atlantic Ocean southwest of Ireland.

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