HMS Valorous (L00)
HMS Valorous (bearing L00 pennant number) during World War II. | |
| History | |
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| United Kingdom | |
| 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 & 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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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.