page_title: HMS Winchelsea (D46)
hierarchical_section_title: HMS Winchelsea (D46)
caption_attribution_description: English: Photograph of British destroyer HMS Winchelsea.
context_page_description: HMS Winchelsea (D46) was an Admiralty W-class destroyer of the Royal Navy, ordered 9 December 1916 from J. Samuel White at Cowes during the 1916–17 Build Programme.
  Winchelsea was then launched 15 December 1917 and was the 7th Royal Navy ship to carry this name, which was introduced in 1694 and named after the 6th Earl of Winchelsea
  In March 1945 she was decommissioned and sold for scrap.
context_section_description: HMS Winchelsea (D46) was an Admiralty W-class destroyer of the Royal Navy, ordered 9 December 1916 from J. Samuel White at Cowes during the 1916–17 Build Programme.
  Winchelsea was then launched 15 December 1917 and was the 7th Royal Navy ship to carry this name, which was introduced in 1694 and named after the 6th Earl of Winchelsea (1647–1730)
  In March 1945 she was decommissioned and sold for scrap.
caption: Winchelsea during World War II
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