HMS Valorous
HMS
Valorous
has been the name of four
ships
of the
Royal Navy
:
HMS
Valorous
(1804)
was a
Combatant
-class
sixth-rate
sloop
. She was launched at
Hull
in 1804, became an army
depot ship
in 1810, and was sold in 1817.
[
1
]
HMS
Valorous
(1816)
was a
Hermes
-class
sixth-rate sloop, launched at
Pembroke Dockyard
in
Wales
in 1816. She was broken up at
Chatham
in 1829.
[
1
]
HMS
Valorous
(1851)
was a 16-gun
Magicienne
-class paddle-
frigate
. She was launched at Pembroke Dockyard in 1851 and broken up in 1891.
[
2
]
She was commanded in 1878 by
Captain John A. Fisher (later Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher)
.
[
3
]
HMS
Valorous
(L00)
was an
Admiralty V-class destroyer leader
built by
William Denny and Brothers
and launched in 1917. She was sold for scrapping in 1947.
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a
b
Lyon & Winfield p 69
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Lyon & Winfield p 155
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Mackay pp138-139