Maritime History

HMS Witherington

HMS Witherington was an Admiralty modified W-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy. She was one of four destroyers ordered in April 1918 from James Samuel White & Co Ltd. under the 14th Order for Destroyers of the Emergency War Program of 1917–18. She was the first Royal Navy ship to carry this name. The City of Durham adopted HMS Witherington following a successful Warship Week National Savings campaign in February 1942.

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• ▸Incendiary device
• ▸Euphorbia regis-jubae
• ▸HMS Argonaut (61)

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