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 GS U-34 (1936) under the command of Wilhelm Rollmann in the North Atlantic Ocean southwest of Ireland.