HMS Wheatland

HMS Wheatland was a Type 2 Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy that served in the Second World War.

The ship was laid down on 30 May 1940 and was launched on 7 June 1941, commissioning (with the pennant number L122[1]) on 3 November 1941.

On completion in 1941 Wheatland was sent to Scapa Flow as part of the Naval Force to undertake the Commando raid on the Lofoten Islands.

In 1943 she served in the Mediterranean, including support for the Sicily landings in July of that year.

While being deployed with HMS Avon Vale, on 1 November 1944, Wheatland engaged German surface craft south of the island of Lussino, sinking the torpedo boat TA20, and the corvettes UJ202 and UJ208, and rescuing some of the survivors in Action of 1 November 1944.

Gunners on Wheatland man twin 4-inch anti-aircraft guns