HMS Vortigern (D37)

	Vortigern in the First World War
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Vortigern
Namesake	Vortigern
Ordered	1916-17 Programme Build (9th Order)
Builder	J. Samuel White, Cowes, Isle of Wight
Laid down	17 January 1917
Launched	5 October 1917
Commissioned	21 January 1918
Identification	Pennant number: D37
Motto	Virtus a majoribus : 'Our valour is from our ancestors'
Honours &; awards	Atlantic 1939-40; North Sea 1941–42;
Fate	Sunk by E-boats on 15 March 1942
Badge	On a Field Red, an ancient British Sword, hilt Gold, blade Silver
General characteristics
Class & type	V-class destroyer
Displacement	1,272-1,339 tons
Length	300 ft (91.4 m) o/a; 312 ft (95.1 m) p/p;
Beam	26 ft 9 in (8.2 m)
Draught	9 ft (2.7 m) standard; 11 ft 3 in (3.4 m) deep;
Propulsion	3 White-Forster type Water-tube boilers; Brown-Curtis steam turbines; 2 shafts; 27,000 shp;
Speed	34 kn
Range	320-370 tons oil; 3,500 nmi at 15 kn; 900 nmi at 32 kn;
Complement	110
Armament	4 × QF 4 in Mk.V (102mm L/45), mount P Mk.I; 2 × QF 2 pdr Mk.II "pom-pom" (40 mm L/39) or;; 1 × QF 12 pdr 20 cwt Mk.I (76 mm), mount HA Mk.II; 4 (2x2) tubes for 21 in torpedoes;

HMS Vortigern was a V-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She served in both World Wars, and was sunk in 1942.

History
Vortigern in the First World War
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Vortigern
Namesake	Vortigern
Ordered	1916-17 Programme Build (9th Order)
Builder	J. Samuel White, Cowes, Isle of Wight
Laid down	17 January 1917
Launched	5 October 1917
Commissioned	21 January 1918
Identification	Pennant number: D37
Motto	Virtus a majoribus : 'Our valour is from our ancestors'
Honours & awards	Atlantic 1939-40 North Sea 1941–42
Fate	Sunk by E-boats on 15 March 1942
Badge	On a Field Red, an ancient British Sword, hilt Gold, blade Silver
General characteristics
Class & type	V-class destroyer
Displacement	1,272-1,339 tons
Length	300 ft (91.4 m) o/a 312 ft (95.1 m) p/p
Beam	26 ft 9 in (8.2 m)
Draught	9 ft (2.7 m) standard 11 ft 3 in (3.4 m) deep
Propulsion	3 White-Forster type Water-tube boilers Brown-Curtis steam turbines 2 shafts 27,000 shp
Speed	34 kn
Range	320-370 tons oil 3,500 nmi at 15 kn 900 nmi at 32 kn
Complement	110
Armament	4 × QF 4 in Mk.V (102mm L/45), mount P Mk.I 2 × QF 2 pdr Mk.II "pom-pom" (40 mm L/39) or; 1 × QF 12 pdr 20 cwt Mk.I (76 mm), mount HA Mk.II 4 (2x2) tubes for 21 in torpedoes