HMS Valhalla (1917)

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Valhalla in 1921
History
United Kingdom
Name	Valhalla
Namesake	Valhalla
Owner	Royal Navy
Ordered	July 1916
Builder	Cammell Laird & Company
Laid down	8 August 1916
Launched	22 May 1917
Commissioned	31 July 1917
Stricken	1931
Fate	Sold for scrap, 17 December 1931
General characteristics
Class and type	Admiralty V-class flotilla leader
Displacement	1339 tons
Length	312 ft (95 m)
Beam	29.5 ft (9.0 m)
Draught	9 ft (2.7 m), 11.25 ft (3.43 m) under full load
Installed power	27,000 shp (20,000 kW)
Propulsion	3 Yarrow-type water tube boilers 2 Parsons geared steam turbines 2 shafts
Speed	34 knots
Range	3500 nautical miles at 15 knots
Complement	115
Armament	4 × QF 4-inch (101.6 mm) Mk V L/45 guns 1 QF 3-inch (76.20 mm)20 cwt anti-aircraft gun 4 × 21-inch torpedo tubes

HMS Valhalla was an Admiralty V-class flotilla leader built for the Royal Navy. She was named after the home of the Norse gods. She was one of 2 destroyers ordered in July 1916 from Cammell Laird shipyard in Birkenhead under the 9th Order for Destroyers of the Emergency War Program of 1916–17.