| As extracted from Jane's Fighting Ships © for 1919 |
British Navy - Destroyers
21 Admiralty "V" Class |
| Page 105 |
|
————————as Minelayer.
3 Beardmore: Vancouver, Vanessa, Vanity.
2 Clydebank: Vanoc,* Vanquisher.*
1 Denny: Venturous.*
2 Doxford: Vega, Velex.
2 Fairfield: Vendetta, Venetia.
2 Hawthorn Leslie: Verdun, Versatile.
3 Stephen: Vesper, Vidette, Voyager.
2 Swan Hunter : Violent, Vimiera.
2 White: Vectis, Vortigern.
2 Farrow: Vivacious, Vivien.
* Minelayers.
- Displacements: 1272-1339 tons (1300 average).
- Dimensions: 300 (p.p.), 312 (o.a.) x 29' 6" x 9 feet (mean), 11' 9" (max.) draught.
- Guns: 4-4 inch (Mk. V. DIR. CON.), 1-3 inch AA. Torpedo tubes: 4-21 inch in pairs.
- Machinery: "All-Geared" turbines: Brown-Curtis in all, except Doxford and Swan Hunter boats with Parsons. 2 screws. Designed S.H.P. 27,000 = 34 kts. Boilers: Yarrow in all, except White boats with White-Forster. Oil: about 370/320 tons.
- Complement, 110.
- Trials: Vivacious 3301, Vivien 36.79.
General Notes.-All Emergency War Programme. These boats are of remarkable size and power for Destroyers; in fact, five of them, with slight modifications. have been converted to Flotilla Leaders,
To distinguish.-From " W " type, no triple tubes; mainmast short. From " V Leaders " foremast shorter, forebridges different, no extension to S.L. platform for standard compass, mainmast away from after superstructure, fewer boats.
| |
Begun |
Launch. |
Comp |
| Vancouver |
15/3/17 |
28/12/17 |
9/3/18 |
| Vanessa |
16/5/17 |
16/3/18 |
27/4/18 |
| Vanity |
28/7/18 |
3/5/18 |
21/6/18 |
| Vanoc |
20/9/16 |
14/6/17 |
8/17 |
| Vanquisher |
27/9/16 |
18/8/17 |
9/17 |
| Venturous |
9/10/16 |
21/9/17 |
29/11/17 |
| Vega |
........ |
1/9/17 |
12/17 |
| Velox |
........ |
17/11/17 |
1/4/18 |
Vendetta |
...... |
3/9/17 |
17/10/17 |
| Venetia |
...... |
29/10/17 |
19/12/17 |
| Verdun |
13/1/17 |
21/8/17 |
3/11/17 |
| Versatile |
31/1/17 |
31/10/17 |
11/2/18 |
| Vesper |
27/12/16 |
15/12/17 |
20/2/18 |
| Vidette |
1/2/17 |
28/2/18 |
27/4/18 |
| Voyager |
17/5/17 |
24/6/18 |
24/6/18 |
| Violent |
11/16 |
1/9/17 |
11/17 |
| Vimiera |
10/16 |
22/6/17 |
9/17 |
| Vectis |
7/12/17 |
4/9/17 |
5/12/17 |
| Vortigern |
17/1/16 |
15/10/17 |
25/1/18 |
| Vivacious |
7/16 |
3/11/17 |
12/17 |
| Vivien |
7/16 |
16/2/18 |
28/5/18 |
War Losses: Vehement (Denny) ; Verulam (Hawthorn Leslie) ; and Vittoria (Swan Hunter) lost 1919 in Baltic operations.
Source: As extracted from Jane's Fighting Ships for 1919 - p 105
© Jane's Information Group
^ back to top ^ |
