| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Admiralty Modified W |
| Pennant | D 89 |
| Built by | Thornycroft (Southampton, U.K.) |
| Ordered | Jan 1918 |
| Laid down | 13 Jun 1918 |
| Launched | 11 Nov 1919 |
| Commissioned | Mar 1924 |
| End service | |
| History | Completed by Devonport Dockyard. Sold to be broken up for scrap on 12 July 1947. |
Commands listed for HMS Witch (D 89)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. John Richard Barnes, RN | 31 Jul 1939 | 4 May 1941 |
| 2 | Lt.Cdr. Cecil Hamilton Holmes, RN | 4 May 1941 | Jul 1942 |
| 3 | Lt.Cdr. Sidney Richard James Woods, RD, RNR | Jul 1942 | late 1943 |
| 4 | T/Lt. Arthur Reginald Browne, RNVR | late 1943 | 6 May 1944 |
| 5 | Lt. Walter James Taylor, RN | 6 May 1944 | 4 Mar 1946 |
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Noteable events involving Witch include:
11 Apr 1943
The British merchant Empire Whimbrel is torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-181 about 420 nautical miles south-west of Freetown in position 02°31'N, 15°55'W. The British destroyers
HMS Wolverine (Lt. I.M. Clegg, RN) and HMS Witch (Lt.Cdr. S.R.J. Woods, RNR) later pick up 53 survivors.
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