HMS Valhalla (1917)
Valhalla in 1921 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| 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 & 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 |
| Armament | |
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.