HMS Valkyrie (1917)
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| Name: | HMS Valkyrie |
| Namesake: | The valkyries of Norse mythology |
| Ordered: | July 1916 |
| Builder: | Denny |
| Laid down: | 25 May 1916 |
| Launched: | 13 March 1917 |
| Commissioned: | 16 June 1917 |
| Identification: | pennant number F05/D61 |
| Fate: | Scrapped in 1936 |
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| Class and type: | Admiralty V-class flotilla leader |
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| Length: | 300 ft (91 m) |
| Beam: | 26 ft 9 in (8.15 m) |
| Draught: | 9 ft (2.7 m) |
| Propulsion: | 3 Yarrow-type Water-tube boilers, Brown-Curtis steam turbines, 2 shafts, 27,500 shp (20,500 kW) |
| Speed: | 34 knots (63 km/h) |
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| Complement: | 115 |
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HMS Valkyrie was a First World War V-class flotilla leader of the Royal Navy. She was one of two destroyers ordered in July of 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.
In early 1916, the Director of Naval Construction prepared a design for a destroyer leader suitable to lead the new R-class destroyers. The first two ships of the new class, Valkyrie and Valorous were ordered from William Denny and Brothers in April 1916, with three more being ordered from other builders in July that year.Valkyrie's keel was laid on 25 May 1916 at Denny's shipyard in Dumbarton, Scotland. She was launched on 13 March 1917.
Valkyrie was 312 feet (95.10 m) long overall with a beam of 29 feet 6 inches (8.99 m) and a draught of between 10 feet 8 inches (3.25 m) and 11 feet 7 1⁄2 inches (3.54 m) depending on load. She had a displacement of 1,188 long tons (1,207 t) standard and up to 1,473 long tons (1,497 t) under full load.
The ship's machinery was based on that of the R-class destroyers which she was designed to lead. Three oil-fed Yarrow boilers raising steam at 250 pounds per square inch (1,700 kPa) fed Brown-Curtis geared steam turbines which developed 27,000 shaft horsepower (20,000 kW), driving two screws for a maximum designed speed of 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph).Valkyrie reached 34.79 knots (64.43 km/h; 40.04 mph) during sea trials, with her engines generating 29,563 shaft horsepower (22,045 kW). The ship carried 367 long tons (373 t) of oil giving a range of 3,500 nautical miles (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph).
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