HMS Walpole

HMS Walpole (D41)

Navy:	Royal Navy
Type:	Destroyer
Class:	Admiralty V & W
Pennant:	D 41
Mod:	Short range escort
Built by:	Doxford Shipyard (Sunderland, U.K.)
Laid down:	May, 1917
Launched:	12 Feb, 1918
Commissioned:	7 Aug, 1918
Complement:	134
Lost:	6 Jan, 1945 Heavily damaged by a mine off Flushing, Netherlands. 2 of the crew were killed.

History:	She was taken back to Kent where she was declared total loss not worth repairing. Sold to be broken up for scrap on 8 February 1945. 27 Jul, 1940 HMS Walpole was damaged by bombs from German aircraft while escorting a convoy off Dover.