HMS Valentine (1917)
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HMS Valentine, circa 1917-18
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 United Kingdom
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| Name: | HMS Valentine |
| Owner: | Royal Navy |
| Ordered: | July 1916 |
| Builder: | Cammell Laird |
| Laid down: | 7 August 1916 |
| Launched: | 24 March 1917 |
| Commissioned: | 27 June 1917 |
| Out of service: | 15 May 1940 |
| Fate: | Beached after attack from dive bombers. |
| General characteristics As built | |
| Class and type: | Admiralty V-class leader |
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| Beam: | 29 ft 6 in (8.99 m) |
| Draught: | 10 feet 8 inches (3.25 m) – 11 ft 7 1⁄2 in (3.54 m) |
| Propulsion: | 3 Yarrow-type Water-tube boilers, Brown-Curtis geared steam turbines, 2 shafts, 27,000 shp (20,134 kW) |
| Speed: | 34 kn (63 km/h; 39 mph) |
| Range: | 3,500 nmi (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement: | 115 |
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Coordinates: 51°20′N 03°49′E / 51.333°N 3.817°E
HMS Valentine was a V and W-class destroyer, built in 1917 for the Royal Navy. She fought in both world wars, serving in several capacities. She was heavily damaged by air attack and beached in 1940 near Terneuzen. Her hulk remained there until it was broken up in 1953.
In early 1916, the British Royal Navy had a requirement for a destroyer leader suitable for leading the new, fast, R-class destroyers. To meet this requirement, the Director of Naval Construction prepared the design of a new class of ships, smaller and cheaper than the existing Marksman and Parker-classes, but still capable of accommodating the additional staff required to command the destroyer flotilla and carrying the same armament. Five ships of the new class were ordered in April–July 1916, with Valentine one of two ships ordered from Cammell Laird in July that year at a tender price of £218,000 per ship.Valentine was laid down at Cammell Laird's shipyard in Birkenhead on 7 August 1916, was launched on 24 March 1917 and completed on 27 June 1917.
The ship's machinery was based on that of the R-class destroyers, with three Yarrow boilers feeding Brown-Curtiss geared steam turbines which drove two propeller shafts. The machinery generated 27,000 shaft horsepower (20,000 kW), giving a design speed of 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph). A maximum of 367 tons of fuel oil could be carried, giving a range of 3,500 nautical miles (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) at a speed of 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph).
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