HMS Valhalla
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.
Construction
Valhallas keel was laid on 8 August 1916 at the Cammell Laird Shipyard in Birkenhead. She was launched on 22 May 1917. She was 312 feet overall, with a beam of 29.5 feet. Her mean draught was 9 feet and would reach 11.25 feet under full load. She had a displacement of 1,339 tons.She was propelled by three Yarrow-type water tube boilers powering Parsons geared steam turbines developing and driving two screws for a maximum designed speed of 34 knots. She was oil-fired and had a bunkerage of 320 to 370 tons. This gave a range of 3,500 nautical miles at 15 knots.
She was armed with 4 QF Mk V L/45 guns in four single centre-line turrets. The turrets were disposed of as two forward and two aft in superimposed firing positions. She also carried one QF 20 cwt anti-aircraft gun aft of the second funnel. Aft of the 3-inch gun, she carried four 21-inch torpedo tubes mounted in pairs on the centre line.