EDITORIAL HMS Walpole (D41) a W-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy. The white bands on the second funnel were part of a code by which the name of the ship was recognized from a distance. From The Book of Ships, published c.1920.
EDITORIAL HMS Walpole (D41) a W-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy. The white bands on the second funnel were part of a code by which the name of the ship was recognized from a distance. From The Book of Ships, published c.1920.
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EDITORIAL HMS Walpole (D41) a W-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy. The white bands on the second funnel were part of a code by which the name of the ship was recognized from a distance. From The Book of Ships, published c.1920.
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