HMS Veteran (D72)

HMS Veteran in King George V Dock, London in 1942
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Veteran
Ordered	April 1918
Builder	John Brown & Company
Laid down	30 August 1918
Launched	26 August 1919
Commissioned	13 November 1919
Identification	Pennant number D72 – Nov 1919 I72 – May 1940
Motto	Laudator temporis acti Proud of former deeds
Honours and awards	Martinique 1794, Camperdown 1797 Copenhagen 1801, Atlantic 1939–42 Norway 1940, North Sea 1940
Fate	Sunk by U-404 on 26 September 1942
Badge	On a Field Green, an old warrior’s head, helmeted Proper.
General characteristics
Class and type	Admiralty modified W-class destroyer
Displacement	1,140 tons standard 1,550 tons full load
Length	312 ft o/a, 300 ft p/p
Beam	29.5 feet (9.0 m)
Draught	9 feet (2.7 m), 11 feet 7.5 inches (3.543 m) under full load
Propulsion	Yarrow type Water-tube boilers, Brown-Curtis geared steam turbines, 2 shafts, 27,000 shp
Speed	34 kn
Range	320-370 tons oil 3,500 nmi at 15 kn, 900 nmi at 34 kn
Complement	127
Armament	As built 1920: 4 × BL 4.7 in (120-mm) Mk.I guns, mount P Mk.I 2 × QF 2 pdr Mk.II "pom-pom" (40 mm L/39) 6 × 21-inch torpedo tubes
General characteristics SRE Conversion
Propulsion	2 × Yarrow type water tube boilers Parsons geared steam turbines driving 2 shafts 18,000 shp
Speed	24.5 kn
Range	320-370 tons oil 3,500 nmi at 15 kn 900 nmi at 32 kn
Complement	134
Sensors and processing systems	Type 271 Target Indication Radar Type 286P Air Warning Radar
Electronic warfare & decoys	Medium Frequency Direction Finding Outfit FM7 fitted Feb, 1941
Armament	2 × BL 4.7 in (120mm) Mk.I L/45 guns 1 × QF 12 pounder 12 cwt naval gun 2 × QF 2 pdr Mk.II "pom-pom" (40 mm L/39) 3 × 21-inch torpedo tubes (one triple mount) 2 × depth charge racks Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar (replace ‘A’ turret)
Service record
Part of:	3rd Destroyer Flotilla - 1920 18th Destroyer Flotilla – Dec 1939
Operations:	Nanking Incident 1927 World War II 1939 to 1945
Victories:	U-207 – 11 Sep 1941

HMS Veteran was an Admiralty modified W-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy. She was ordered in April 1918 from John Brown & Company under the 14th War Program. She was the third Royal Navy ship to carry the name.^[1]