HMS Whitshed (D77)

HMS "Whitshed" (pennant number D77) was a V and W class escort destroyer of the Royal Navy, laid down by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Limited at Wallsend on 3 June 1918, launched in 1919, and commissioned on 11 July of that year. She served throughout the Second World War, finally being sold for scrap on 18 February 1947.

On 21 February 1940, she joined with the sloop HMS|Fowey|L15|6, the destroyers "Valmy" and "Guépard" of the French Navy, and a Short Sunderland patrol bomber from No. 228 Squadron RAF to engage German submarines which had earlier attacked Convoy OA-80G, sinking two merchant ships. In the resulting engagement, "U-55" was sunk with only one survivor.

On 13 July 1940 she hit a mine off Harwich and was badly damaged, having to be towed into port by HMS|Wild Swan|D62|6.

On 12 December 1942, a group of six destroyers; "Whitshed", HMS|Worcester|D96|6, HMS|Vesper|D55|6, HMS|Brocklesby|L42|6, HMS|Albrighton|L12|6 and the Norwegian HMS|Eskdale|L36|6 engaged German shipping in the English Channel. Two enemy vessels were sunk, with "Whitshed" torpedoing "Gauss" (Sperrbrecher 178).

The ship was named after Admiral of the Fleet James Whitshed.