| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Admiralty V & W |
| Pennant | D 46 |
| Built by | J.S. White & Co. (Cowes, U.K.) |
| Ordered | 9 Dec 1916 |
| Laid down | 24 May 1917 |
| Launched | 15 Dec 1917 |
| Commissioned | 15 Mar 1918 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | Reconstruction to Long Range Escort at Sheerness Dockyard was finished in April 1943. HMS Winchelsea is not listed as active unit in the October 1944 Navy List Sold to be broken up for scrap on 20 March 1945. |
Commands listed for HMS Winchelsea (D 46)
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| Commander | From | To | ||
| 1 | Cdr. Christopher Theodore Jellicoe, RN | 6 Jul 1939 | 20 Dec 1939 | |
| 2 | Lt.Cdr. William Alan Frank Hawkins, RN | 20 Dec 1939 | Dec 1941 | |
| 3 | Lt.Cdr. George Windsor Gregorie, RNR | 1 Mar 1942 | 25 Oct 1943 | |
| 4 | Lt. Claude Tone Shuttleworth, RNVR | 25 Oct 1943 | Jul 1944 ? | |
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Noteable events involving Winchelsea include:
27 Jul 1940
HMS Winchelsea (Lt.Cdr. W.A.F. Hawkins, RN) picks up 48 survivors from the British merchant Sambre that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-34 south-south-west of Rockall in position 56º37'N, 17º53'W.
HMS Winchelsea also picks up 36 survivors from the British merchant Thiara that was also torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-34 south-south-west of Rockall in position 56º37'N, 17º56'W.
17 Sep 1940
HMS Winchelsea (Lt.Cdr. W.A.F. Hawkins, DSC, RN) picks up 25 survivors from the British merchant Crown Arun that was torpedoed and sunk (with gunfire) by the German submarine U-99 north of Rockall in position 58º02'N, 14º18'W.
2 Nov 1942
HMS Winchelsea (Lt.Cdr. G.W. Gregorie, RNR) picks up 24 survivors from the British merchant Hartington that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-521 about 450 nautical miles east of Belle Isle in position 52º30'N, 45º30'W.
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