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Name Official number Flag IMO
WATCHMAN    GBR   
Year built Date launched Date completed
1918  01/12/1917  26/01/1918 
Vessel type Vessel description
Naval Destroyer  Steel Steam Turbine 2 Masts 
Builder Yard Yard no
John Brown & Co Ltd., Clydebank Clydebank  467 
 

Tonnage Length Breadth Depth Draft
 /  / 1100 disp 312 ft  29 ft 6 in    10 ft 6 in 
Engine builder ,
Engine detail
2-shaft Brown-Curtis single reduction geared turbines, 3 Yarrow boilers, Oil, 27,000shp giving 34 knots. 

First owner First port of register Registration date
Admiralty     
Other names
 
Subsequent owner and registration history
 
Vessel history
Destroyer, W Class - G.23, D.26, I.26

April 1943 taken in hand for conversion to a Long Range Escort

Battle Honours: ATLANTIC 1940-41 - NORMANDY 1944 - ARCTIC 1944 - ENGLISH CHANNEL 1944-45 
Remarks
 
End year Fate / Status
1945  Broken Up 23/07/1945 
Disposal Detail
Handed over to BISCO and allocated to T W Ward Ltd for demolition at Inverkeithing on 23/7/1945 
 

 

Watchman
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Watchman WWII
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Watchman 1943 as Long Range Escort
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