HMS Venomous

	HMS Venomous ca. 1919, when her pennant number was G98
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Venom
Ordered	January 1918
Builder	John Brown & Company, Clydebank, Scotland
Renamed	HMS Venomous, 24 April 1919
Launched	21 December 1918
Completed	24 August 1919
Commissioned	24 August 1919
Decommissioned	1929
Recommissioned	October 1938
Decommissioned	Late 1938?
Recommissioned	Summer 1939
Decommissioned	First half of 1944
Recommissioned	August 1944
Decommissioned	1945
Motto	Hostibus nocens amicis innocens (Latin: "Deadly to foes, harmless to friends")
Honours &; awards	Battle honours for:; Atlantic 1940-1943; Dunkirk 1940; Arctic 1942; Malta Convoys 1942; North Africa 1942; Sicily 1943;
Fate	Sold for scrapping 4 March 1947
Badge	A gold goblet with two intertwined green snakes on a black field
General characteristics
Class & type	Admiralty Modified W-class destroyer
Displacement	1,140 tons standard, 1,550 tons full
Length	300 ft (91 m) o/a; 312 ft (95 m) p/p;
Beam	29.5 feet (9.0 m)
Draught	9 feet (2.7 m), 11.25 feet (3.43 m) under full load
Installed power	27,000 shp (20,000 kW)
Propulsion	Yarrow type Water-tube boilers, Brown-Curtis geared steam turbines, 2 shafts
Speed	34 kn (63 km/h; 39 mph)
Range	320–370 tons oil; 3,500 nmi (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph); 900 nmi (1,700 km; 1,000 mi) at 32 kn (59 km/h; 37 mph);
Complement	127
Sensors &; processing systems	Type 286M air warning radar fitted 1940; Type 271 surface warning radar fitted 1940;
Armament	As built 1920:; 4 × BL 4.7 in (119 mm) Mk.I guns, mount P Mk.I; 2 × QF 2 pdr Mk.II "pom-pom" (40 mm L/39); 6 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes; 1940 SRE conversion:; 3 × BL 4.7 in (120 mm) Mk.I L/45 guns; 1 × 3 in (76 mm) AA gun; 2 × QF 2 pdr Mk.II "pom-pom" (40 mm L/39); 3 × 21-inch torpedo tubes (one triple mount); 2 × depth charge racks; Twin 6-pounder army gun (1942 – replaced ‘A’ gun);

HMS Venomous (ex-Venom), was a Modified W-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service in the Russian Civil War and World War II.

History
HMS Venomous ca. 1919, when her pennant number was G98
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Venom
Ordered	January 1918
Builder	John Brown & Company, Clydebank, Scotland
Renamed	HMS Venomous, 24 April 1919
Launched	21 December 1918
Completed	24 August 1919
Commissioned	24 August 1919
Decommissioned	1929
Recommissioned	October 1938
Decommissioned	Late 1938?
Recommissioned	Summer 1939
Decommissioned	First half of 1944
Recommissioned	August 1944
Decommissioned	1945
Motto	Hostibus nocens amicis innocens (Latin: "Deadly to foes, harmless to friends")
Honours & awards	Battle honours for: Atlantic 1940-1943 Dunkirk 1940 Arctic 1942 Malta Convoys 1942 North Africa 1942 Sicily 1943
Fate	Sold for scrapping 4 March 1947
Badge	A gold goblet with two intertwined green snakes on a black field
General characteristics
Class & type	Admiralty Modified W-class destroyer
Displacement	1,140 tons standard, 1,550 tons full
Length	300 ft (91 m) o/a 312 ft (95 m) p/p
Beam	29.5 feet (9.0 m)
Draught	9 feet (2.7 m), 11.25 feet (3.43 m) under full load
Installed power	27,000 shp (20,000 kW)
Propulsion	Yarrow type Water-tube boilers, Brown-Curtis geared steam turbines, 2 shafts
Speed	34 kn (63 km/h; 39 mph)
Range	320–370 tons oil 3,500 nmi (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) 900 nmi (1,700 km; 1,000 mi) at 32 kn (59 km/h; 37 mph)
Complement	127
Sensors & processing systems	Type 286M air warning radar fitted 1940 Type 271 surface warning radar fitted 1940
Armament	As built 1920: 4 × BL 4.7 in (119 mm) Mk.I guns, mount P Mk.I 2 × QF 2 pdr Mk.II "pom-pom" (40 mm L/39) 6 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes 1940 SRE conversion: 3 × BL 4.7 in (120 mm) Mk.I L/45 guns 1 × 3 in (76 mm) AA gun 2 × QF 2 pdr Mk.II "pom-pom" (40 mm L/39) 3 × 21-inch torpedo tubes (one triple mount) 2 × depth charge racks Twin 6-pounder army gun (1942 – replaced ‘A’ gun)