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HMS Witch (D89)
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Not to be confused with HMS Waterwitch.
For the fictional ship Witch of Endor, see Horatio Hornblower.
HMS Witch (D89) was a Modified W-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service in World War II.
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Name | HMS Witch |
Ordered | January 1918[1] |
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Laid down | 13 June 1918[1] |
Launched | 11 November 1919[1] |
Completed | March 1924[1] |
Commissioned | March 1924[2] |
Decommissioned | 1920s[1] |
Recommissioned | 1939[1] |
Decommissioned | soon after 15 August 1945[1] |
Motto | I'll do and I'll do[1] |
Honours and awards | |
Fate | Sold for scrapping 12 July 1946[1] |
Badge | A black cat affronte cantant before a silver crescent moon on a blue field[1] |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 1,140 tons standard, 1,550 tons full |
Length | 300 ft o/a, 312 ft p/p |
Beam | 30 ft |
Draught | 10 ft 11 in |
Propulsion | 3 Yarrow type Water-tube boilers, Brown-Curtis steam turbines, 2 shafts, 27,000 shp |
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Complement | 134 |
Sensors and processing systems | Type 271 surface warning radar fitted 1942 |
Armament |
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Notes | Pennant number D89 |
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