HMS Valkyrie (1917)

History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Valkyrie
NamesakeThe valkyries of Norse mythology
OrderedJuly 1916
BuilderDenny
Laid down25 May 1916
Launched13 March 1917
Commissioned16 June 1917
IdentificationPennant number F05/D61
FateScrapped in 1936
General characteristics
Class and typeAdmiralty V-class flotilla leader
Displacement
  • 1,188 tons standard
  • 1,400 tons full
Length300 ft (91 m)
Beam26 ft 9 in (8.15 m)
Draught9 ft (2.7 m)
Propulsion3 Yarrow-type Water-tube boilers, Brown-Curtis steam turbines, 2 shafts, 27,500 shp (20,500 kW)
Speed34 knots (63 km/h)
Range
  • 320-370 tons oil
  • 3,500 nmi (6,480 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h)
  • 900 nmi (1,670 km) at 32 kn (59 km/h)
Complement115
Armament

HMS Valkyrie was a First World War V-class flotilla leader of the Royal Navy. She was one of two destroyers ordered in July 1916 from William Denny & Bros. Ltd shipyard under the 9th Order for Destroyers of the Emergency War Program of 1916–17. She was originally to be called HMS Malcolm but was renamed before being completed. The name Malcolm was later assigned to another destroyer leader.