HMS Valorous (L00)
The fifth HMS Valorous, ex-HMS Montrose, was a V-class flotilla leader of the British Royal Navy that saw service in World War I, the Russian Civil War, and World War II.
HMS Valorous (bearing L00 pennant number) during World War II. | |
| History | |
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| Name | HMS Valorous |
| Ordered | April 1916 |
| Builder | William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton, |
| Laid down | 25 May 1916 |
| Identification | Pennant number F.92 (in 1917) |
| Renamed | HMS Valorous |
| Namesake | valorous |
| Launched | 8 May 1917 |
| Completed | 21 August 1917 |
| Commissioned | 21 August 1917 |
| Decommissioned | 1931 |
| Recommissioned | June 1939 |
| Decommissioned | either by July 1945 or soon after 15 August 1945 |
| Motto | Valenter volenter ("Strongly and willingly") |
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| Fate |
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| Badge | A Shaheen falcon within a blue annulet on a white field |
| General characteristics (Admiralty V leader) | |
| Class and type | Admiralty V-class flotilla leader |
| Displacement | 1,316–1,339 long tons (1,337–1,360 t) |
| Length | 312 ft (95.1 m) o/a, 300 ft (91.4 m) p/p |
| Beam | 26 ft 9 in (8.15 m) |
| Draught | 9 ft (2.7 m) standard, 11 ft 3 in (3.43 m) deep |
| Propulsion | 3 Yarrow-type Water-tube boilers, Brown-Curtis steam turbines, 2 shafts, 27,500 shp (20,507 kW) |
| Speed | 34 kn (63.0 km/h; 39.1 mph) |
| Range | 320–370 tons oil, 3,500 nmi (6,482 km; 4,028 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph), 900 nmi (1,667 km; 1,036 mi) at 32 kn (59 km/h; 37 mph) |
| Complement | 115 |
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