title: HMS Whirlwind (D30)
text: # HMS Whirlwind (D30)
  
  The first HMS Whirlwind was a W-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service during World War I and World War II.
  
  Whirlwind was built by Swan Hunter and was launched on 15 December 1917. In September 1939 was part of the 11th Destroyer Flotilla. On 5 July 1940, she was sunk by the German submarine U-34 under the command of Wilhelm Rollmann in the North Atlantic Ocean southwest of Ireland.
  
  