One ship of the
Royal Navy has borne the name HMS Whelp, while another was planned. Another twelve have borne the name Lion's Whelp:
HMS Whelp was to have been a modified
W-classdestroyer, ordered but cancelled in 1919.
HMS Whelp (R37) was a
W-class destroyer launched in 1943. She was sold to the
South African Navy in 1953 and was renamed SAS Simon van der Stel. She underwent a limited conversion to a
frigate in 1963, and was sold in 1976.
This article includes a
list of ships with the same or similar names. If an
internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.
One ship of the
Royal Navy has borne the name HMS Whelp, while another was planned. Another twelve have borne the name Lion's Whelp:
HMS Whelp was to have been a modified
W-classdestroyer, ordered but cancelled in 1919.
HMS Whelp (R37) was a
W-class destroyer launched in 1943. She was sold to the
South African Navy in 1953 and was renamed SAS Simon van der Stel. She underwent a limited conversion to a
frigate in 1963, and was sold in 1976.
This article includes a
list of ships with the same or similar names. If an
internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.