HMS Venomous

HMS Venomous
HMS Venomous ca. 1919, when her pennant number was G98
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Venom
OrderedJanuary 1918[1]
BuilderJohn Brown & Company, Clydebank, Scotland[2]
RenamedHMS Venomous, 24 April 1919[3]
Launched21 December 1918[2]
Completed24 August 1919[2]
Commissioned24 August 1919[1]
Decommissioned1929[4]
RecommissionedOctober 1938[4]
DecommissionedLate 1938?[4]
RecommissionedSummer 1939[4]
DecommissionedFirst half of 1944[2]
RecommissionedAugust 1944[2]
Decommissioned1945[2]
MottoHostibus nocens amicis innocens (Latin: "Deadly to foes, harmless to friends")[2]
Honours and
awards
FateSold for scrapping 4 March 1947[2]
BadgeA gold goblet with two intertwined green snakes on a black field[2]
General characteristics
Class and typeAdmiralty Modified W-class destroyer
Displacement1,140 tons standard, 1,550 tons full
Length
  • 300 ft (91 m) o/a
  • 312 ft (95 m) p/p
Beam29.5 feet (9.0 m)
Draught9 feet (2.7 m), 11.25 feet (3.43 m) under full load
Installed power27,000 shp (20,000 kW)
PropulsionYarrow type Water-tube boilers, Brown-Curtis geared steam turbines, 2 shafts
Speed34 kn (63 km/h; 39 mph)
Range
  • 320–370 tons oil
  • 3,500 nmi (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
  • 900 nmi (1,700 km; 1,000 mi) at 32 kn (59 km/h; 37 mph)
Complement127
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Type 286M air warning radar fitted 1940
  • Type 271 surface warning radar fitted 1940
Armament

HMS Venomous (ex-Venom), was a Modified W-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service in the Russian Civil War and World War II.

  1. ^ a b uboat.net HMS Venomous (D 75)
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Naval History: HMS Venomous (D 75) - V & W-class Destroyer
  3. ^ Colledge, J. J., Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of All Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy From the Fifteenth Century to the Present Day, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1987, ISBN 0-87021-652-X, p. 366.
  4. ^ a b c d Cite error: The named reference navalhistoricalfoundation was invoked but never defined (see the help page).