H . M . S . W I S H A R T (D 6 7 )
Modified W-Class Destroyer ordered from John I Thornycroft at Woolston, Southampton with the 13th order of the 1913-19 Programmes in January 1918. She was laid down on 18th May 1918 and launched on 18th July 1919 as the first ship to commemorate the name of a Royal Navy Captain serving at Vigo In 1702. Her completion was in June 1920 and she is easily distinguished from other ships of this type by having two funnels of almost equal height. During the inter-war years she served in the Atlantic Fleet and later in the Mediterranean was commanded by Lord Louis Mountbatten. Following a WARSHIP WEEK National Savings campaign in February 1942 this ship was adopted by the civil community of Port Talbot, Glamorgan. In 1942 she was classed as a Close Range Escort and not converted to a Long Range Escort because the boiler room arrangements did not allow increase her fuel capacity.