HMS Valkyrie (1917)
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| Name: | HMS Valkyrie |
| Namesake: | The valkyries of Norse mythology |
| Ordered: | July 1916 |
| Builder: | Denny |
| Launched: | 13 March 1917 |
| Fate: | Scrapped in 1936 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 1,188 tons |
| Tons burthen: | 1,400 tons |
| Length: | 300 ft (91 m) |
| Beam: | 26 ft 9 in (8.2 m) |
| Draught: | 9 ft (2.7 m) |
| Propulsion: | 3 Yarrow-type Water-tube boilers, Brown-Curtis steam turbines, 2 shafts, 27500 shp |
| Speed: | 34 knots |
| Range: | 3,500 nmi (6,480 km) at 15 knots |
| Complement: | 115 |
| Armament: | 4 × 4-inch Guns 2 × 2 pdr pompoms 4 × 21-inch Torpedo Tubes |
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Valkyrie.
HMS Valkyrie (F05) was a First World War V class flotilla leader of the Royal Navy. She was originally to be called HMS Malcolm but was re-named before being completed. The name Malcolm was later assigned to another destroyer leader. Valkyrie was ordered in July 1916 and launched in March the following year.
The V class destroyer leaders were cheaper, faster, more comfortable and better armed than their predecessors. Some referred to the class as the Valkyrie-class, but the name was unofficial.
In 1918, Valkyrie was part of the 13th Destroyer Flotilla lead by the light cruiser HMS Champion. She was sold to be scrapped in 1936 and so didn't see service in the Second World War.
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