HMS Valhalla (1917)
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HMS Valhalla was an Admiralty V-class flotilla leader built for the Royal Navy. She was named after the home of the Norse gods. She was one of 2 destroyers ordered in July 1916 from Cammell Laird shipyard in Birkenhead under the 9th Order for Destroyers of the Emergency War Program of 1916–17.
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Name | Valhalla |
Namesake | Valhalla |
Owner | Royal Navy |
Ordered | July 1916 |
Builder | Cammell Laird & Company |
Laid down | 8 August 1916 |
Launched | 22 May 1917 |
Commissioned | 31 July 1917 |
Stricken | 1931 |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 17 December 1931 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Admiralty V-class flotilla leader |
Displacement | 1339 tons |
Length | 312 ft (95 m) |
Beam | 29.5 ft (9.0 m) |
Draught | 9 ft (2.7 m), 11.25 ft (3.43 m) under full load |
Installed power | 27,000 shp (20,000 kW) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 34 knots |
Range | 3500 nautical miles at 15 knots |
Complement | 115 |
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