- Career First World War and inter-war period Second World War Postwar
- Bibliography
- External links
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}} | HMS Wolfhound (L56) was a W-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She served during the First and Second World Wars. She was launched on 14 March 1918 and was sold for scrap in February 1948. CareerFirst World War and inter-war periodWolfhound was commissioned too late to see much active service in the First World War. She spent the war as part of the 13th Destroyer Flotilla with the Grand Fleet, and was assigned to the 2nd Destroyer Flotilla with the Atlantic Fleet in 1921. The flotilla was transferred to the Mediterranean for a period, after which Wolfhound was placed in reserve at Chatham. In 1938 she was one of the old V and W class ships to be selected to be converted to a long range anti-aircraft destroyer escort, a process carried out at Chatham and completed in May 1940. Second World WarAfter working up she was assigned to the 1st Destroyer Flotilla at Portsmouth in May, which was assigned to defend the Channel convoys. As the allied forces retreated, Wolfhound was one of the ships detached to support the evacuation of troops from France, and on 26 May she and {{HMS|Verity|D63|6}} bombarded Calais. The following day Wolfhound was deployed out of Dover to assist communications during the Dunkirk evacuation. On 28 May she embarked 142 troops and took them to Dover, but the following day she was caught in an air-attack at Dunkirk and badly damaged, having her back broken. She was salvaged and towed to Chatham to be repaired. Repair work lasted until mid-1942, as ships that could be returned to service more quickly were prioritised. Wolfhound finally returned to service in November, and was deployed to defend convoys sailing through the North Sea. She carried out this task for the rest of the war. After VE Day she was detached to support the re-occupation of Norway. On 14 May she and {{HMS|Wolsey||6}} were deployed with Norwegian corvettes to cover minesweeping operations prior to the re-occupation of Bergen. PostwarWolfhound was paid off after the Japanese surrender and reduced to the reserve. She was sold to BISCO in February 1948 and was towed to the River Forth later that year to be broken up by Granton Shipbreakers. Bibliography- {{cite book|last=Campbell|first=John|title=Naval Weapons of World War II|year=1985|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland|isbn=0-87021-459-4}}
- {{cite book|title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946|editor1-last=Chesneau|editor1-first=Roger|publisher=Conway Maritime Press|location=Greenwich, UK|year=1980|isbn=0-85177-146-7}}
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- {{cite book |first1=Maurice |last1=Cocker |first2=Ian |last2=Allan |title=Destroyers of the Royal Navy, 1893-1981 |isbn=0-7110-1075-7}}
- {{cite book|last=Friedman|first=Norman|title=British Destroyers From Earliest Days to the Second World War|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland|year=2009|isbn=978-1-59114-081-8}}
- {{cite book |editor1-last=Gardiner|editor1-first=Robert|editor2-last=Gray|editor2-first=Randal|title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships: 1906–1921|year=1984|location=Annapolis, Maryland|publisher=Naval Institute Press|isbn=0-85177-245-5|lastauthoramp=y}}
- {{cite book|last=Lenton|first=H. T.|authorlink=Henry Trevor Lenton|title=British & Empire Warships of the Second World War|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland|year=1998|isbn=1-55750-048-7}}
- {{cite book|last=March|first=Edgar J.|title=British Destroyers: A History of Development, 1892-1953; Drawn by Admiralty Permission From Official Records & Returns, Ships' Covers & Building Plans|year=1966|publisher=Seeley Service|location=London |OCLC=164893555}}
- {{cite book |last=Preston |first=Antony |title='V & W' Class Destroyers 1917-1945 |publisher=Macdonald |location=London |year=1971 |oclc=464542895}}
- {{cite book |last=Raven |first=Alan |last2=Roberts|first2=John |title='V' and 'W' Class Destroyers |publisher=Arms & Armour |location=London |year=1979 |series=Man o'War |volume=2 |isbn=0-85368-233-X|lastauthoramp=y }}
- {{cite book|last=Rohwer|first=Jürgen|title=Chronology of the War at Sea 1939-1945: The Naval History of World War Two|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland|year=2005|edition=Third Revised|isbn=1-59114-119-2}}
- {{cite book |last=Whinney |first=Bob |title=The U-boat Peril: A Fight for Survival |publisher=Cassell |year=2000 |isbn=0-304-35132-6}}
- {{cite book|last=Whitley|first=M. J.|title=Destroyers of World War 2|publisher=Naval Institute Press|date=1988|isbn=0-87021-326-1|location=Annapolis, Maryland}}
- {{cite book|last=Winser|first=John de D.|title=B.E.F. Ships Before, At and After Dunkirk|publisher=World Ship Society|location=Gravesend, Kent|year=1999|isbn=0-905617-91-6}}
External links- http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/long_range.htm
- http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-10DD-09VW-Wolfhound.htm
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