Other places · Mid Wales
HMS Whirlwind
HMS Whirlwind in Wales Mid, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
HMS Whirlwind is a place of interest in Wales Mid, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
From the Wikipedia article
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. 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.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
- Coordinates
- 52.2788, -4.6721
Sources
- wikidata: Q5634954 (CC0)
- wikipedia: HMS Whirlwind (D30) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is HMS Whirlwind?
- HMS Whirlwind is in Mid Wales, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 52.2788°, -4.6721°.