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A total of 25 [[Destroyer|destroyers]] of the '''"V" Class''' were completed in 1917-1918. <div name=fredbot:ships> {| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin: 0 0 1em 0.5em; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse;" align=center; |- ! colspan=6 align=left|Overview of 25 vessels |- | colspan=6 align=left|<small>Citations for this data available on individual ship pages</small> |- ! align=center | Name ! align=center | Builder ! align=center | Laid Down ! align=center | Launched ! align=center | Completed ! align=center | Fate |- align=left | {{Template:UK-Vancouver}} |[[William Beardmore & Company]] | |28 Dec, 1917 | | 4 Mar, 1947 |- align=left | {{Template:UK-Vanessa}} |[[William Beardmore & Company]] | |16 Mar, 1918 | | |- align=left | {{Template:UK-Vanity}} |[[William Beardmore & Company]] | |3 May, 1918 | | |- align=left | {{Template:UK-Vanquisher}} |[[John Brown & Company]] | |18 Aug, 1917 | | |- align=left | {{Template:UK-Vanoc}} |[[John Brown & Company]] | |14 Jun, 1917 | | |- align=left | {{Template:UK-Vega}} |[[William Doxford & Sons]] | |1 Sep, 1917 | | |- align=left | {{Template:UK-Velox}} |[[William Doxford & Sons]] | |17 Nov, 1917 | | |- align=left | {{Template:UK-Vehement}} |[[William Denny & Brothers]] | |6 Jul, 1917 | |Mined 1 Aug, 1918 |- align=left | {{Template:UK-Venturous}} |[[William Denny & Brothers]] | |21 Sep, 1917 | | |- align=left | {{Template:UK-Vendetta}} |[[Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company]] | |3 Sep, 1917 | | |- align=left | {{Template:UK-Venetia}} |[[Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company]] | |29 Oct, 1917 | |Mined 19 Oct, 1940 |- align=left | {{Template:UK-Verdun}} |[[Hawthorn Leslie & Company]] | |21 Aug, 1917 | | |- align=left | {{Template:UK-Versatile}} |[[Hawthorn Leslie & Company]] | |31 Oct, 1917 | | |- align=left | {{Template:UK-Verulam}} |[[Hawthorn Leslie & Company]] | |3 Oct, 1917 | |Mined 4 Sep, 1919 |- align=left | {{Template:UK-Vesper}} |[[Alexander Stephen & Sons]] | |15 Dec, 1917 | | |- align=left | {{Template:UK-Vidette}} |[[Alexander Stephen & Sons]] | |28 Feb, 1918 | | |- align=left | {{Template:UK-Violent}} |[[Swan Hunter]] | |1 Sep, 1917 | | |- align=left | {{Template:UK-Vimiera}} |[[Swan Hunter]] | |22 Jun, 1917 | |Mined 9 Jan, 1942 |- align=left | {{Template:UK-Vittoria}} |[[Swan Hunter]] | |29 Oct, 1917 | |Torpedoed 1 Sep, 1919 |- align=left | {{Template:UK-Vivacious}} |[[Yarrow & Company]] | |3 Nov, 1917 | | |- align=left | {{Template:UK-Vivien}} |[[Yarrow & Company]] | |16 Feb, 1918 | | |- align=left | {{Template:UK-Vortigern}} |[[J. Samuel White]] | |15 Oct, 1917 | |Torpedoed 15 Mar, 1942 |- align=left | {{Template:UK-Vectis}} |[[J. Samuel White]] | |4 Sep, 1917 | | |- align=left | {{Template:UK-Viceroy}} |[[John I. Thornycroft & Company]] | |17 Nov, 1917 | | Jun, 1948 |- align=left | {{Template:UK-Viscount}} |[[John I. Thornycroft & Company]] | |29 Dec, 1917 | | 20 Mar, 1945 |} </div name=fredbot:ships> ==Design== The bridge replaced the conventional canvas screens with steel plates to better resist heavy seas. This required the [[Dumaresq|dumaresq]] and [[Line of Sight Indicator]] to be duplicated to port and starboard pairs. The chart table jutted out from the bridge, and a director was fitted. A panel with torpedo control instruments was also sited on the bridge.{{March|p. 206}} ==Performance== The ships' capacity for 365 tons of fuel, delivered the following endurance.<ref>''Battlecruiser Force Signal Orders (1 August, 1918)'', ADM 137/2135</ref> {|border=1 !Knots!!Tons / hour!! Endurance<br>(hours)!!radius (nm) |- |14||1.7||206||2,884 |- |16||2.0||175||2,800 |- |18||2.5||140||2,520 |- |20||3.6||97||1,940 |- |22||4.5||80||1,760 |- |24||5.5||63||1,512 |- |26||6.8||50||1,300 |- |28||8.5||40||1,120 |- |30||10.5||33||990 |} ==Machinery== ===Generators=== In 1916, it was stated that "new destroyers" have two 26.25 kw dynamos arranged in parallel.{{ARTS1916|p. 120}} It is likely that this applied to this class. ==Armament== ===4-in Guns=== * Four 4-in Q.F. Mark V guns on {{Mount|C.P. II|UK}}s{{UKDirectorFiringDestroyers1918|p. 55}} with 30 degree elevation and 120 rounds per gun. Range and deflection receivers were Barr and Stroud, and not F.T.P..{{March|pp. 205-206}} ===Other Guns=== * One 3-in H.A. 20 cwt Mark III with 100 rounds.{{March|pp. 205-206}} In 1918, it was ordered that the ''Scott'' class flotilla leaders and destroyers of "V" and "W" classes should have range and deflection receivers for their 3-in H.A. guns and fire gongs worked off the firing key used for the ships' L.A. weaponry.{{ARTS1918|p. 376. (C.I.O. 11/18, G. 39278/17)}} ===Torpedoes=== * Two twin 21-in tubes on the centre line enjoying 50&deg; arcs centered on the beam.{{March|Plate 25/A}} In mid-1920, it was ordered that [["S" Class Destroyer (1918)|"S"]], "V" and [["W" Class Destroyer (1917)|"W" class destroyers]] should be allocated the {{Torp|21-in Mark IV*|UK}}.{{ARTS1920|pp. 6-7. (G. 10141/20-6.8.1920)}} ==Fire Control== ===Mid 1916 Outfit=== Experiments from February with two Grand Fleet destroyers employing [[Dumaresq|dumaresqs]] and [[Vickers Range Clock]]s and voicepipes showed definite advantages over ships using unaided spotting and voicepipes, even when the crews had no special training in the new equipment. Tests were also conducted to find a rangefinder suitable to the lively and cramped platform that destroyers provided. This led to an order on 3 April, 1916 that each T.B.D. of "M" class and later should be equipped with:{{UKTH23|p. 31}}{{UKProgressInNavalGunnery1914-1918|p. 35}} * one [[Waymouth-Cooke Rangefinder|Waymouth-Cooke sextant rangefinder]] * one [[Vickers Clock]] * one Dumaresq * range and deflection receivers at each gun Two ratings, trained before coming aboard, were added to the crew to work the equipment. The clocks and rangefinders were issued in the following three months, and the dumaresqs a few months later. The data instruments did not become available in numbers until 1917. By mid-1917, the whole system was broadly in place in the destroyers of the Grand Fleet and in the [[Harwich Force]].{{UKTH23|pp. 31, 32}} ===Directors=== [[File:ARTS1917Plate100.jpg|thumb|480px|'''Firing Circuits'''{{ARTS1917|Plate100}}]] [[File:ARTS1917Plate101.jpg|thumb|480px|'''Training and Slewing Circuits'''{{ARTS1917|Plate101}}]] In 1917, it was approved that the "V" class and later destroyers should all receive installations of the [[British Destroyer Director Firing System]],{{ARTS1917|p. 229}} but no installations were completed before February, 1918, but subsequent to that month, all units being completed had training systems in place upon completion and from May they had their mechanical elevating gear in place.{{UKProgressInNavalGunnery1914-1918|p. 37}}{{UKTH23|pp. 12, 13}} The ''Director Firing Handbook, 1917'' reports that they were to receive [[Small Type Training Receiver]]s of pattern number 20 on #1, #2 guns, and pattern number 21 on #3 and #4.{{DirectorH|p. 146}} In 1918, it was ordered that those destroyers with director installations were to additionally receive:{{ARTS1918|p. 376. (C.I.O. 1081/18, G. 24486/15)}} * a voice pipe from {{TS}} to director * a fire gong at director worked from existing push in {{TS}} * a fire gong push on fore bridge to be added, wired in parallel to that in the T.S. * the repeat receivers on the fore bridge were to be positioned so as to be visible to the director sightsetter. ===Rangefinders=== By 1921, all four-gun destroyers mounted a 1m [[F.T. 27]] RF on a [[M.H. 37]] mounting or a 9ft [[F.Q. 2]] on an [[M.Q. 12]] mount on their fore bridge.{{HRFs1921|p. 168}} ==Torpedo Control== [[File:ARTS1917Plate79.jpg|thumb|300px|'''Torpedo Control Circuits "V" class'''{{ARTS1917|Plate 79}}]] The "V" class had entirely electrical instruments in all vessels. Flotilla leaders and "S", "W" and "V" class destroyers had nearly identical torpedo control facilities, with sighting positions on both sides of a bridge that had been enlarged from earlier classes with firing pushes and keys for sounding buzzers at the tubes. The order and deflection transmitters were situated centrally on a panel on the bridge, between the two sights.{{ARTS1917|p. 210}} ==Alterations== A 9-foot rangefinder and two hydraulic releases for depth charges were added to the bridge at some point.{{March|p. 206}} After the war, the twin torpedo tubes were replaced with triple mounts as in the "W" class vessels.{{March|p. 207}} By November 1918, those ships operating with the {{UK-DF|20}} ({{UK-Vanoc}}, {{UK-Vanquisher}} and {{UK-Venturous}}) were fitted to carry 44 mines, apparently of the "H" and "M" variety. Those with the {{UK-DF|11}} were also equipped, but with "M" type sinkers: {{UK-Vivacious}} with 40 mines and {{UK-Versatile}}, {{UK-Vittoria}}, {{UK-Vortigern}} and {{UK-Vancouver}} with 74. {{UK-Venetia}} and {{UK-Vesper}} serving with the {{UK-DF|13}} and {{UK-Velox}} at Dover also could carry 74 "M" sinkers. The torpedo tubes and guns removed when the mines were shipped could be placed back aboard with enough notice.{{ARTSMining1917-18|p. 11. Plate 7}} ==See Also== {{refbegin}} * [["V" Class Flotilla Leader (1917)]] {{WP|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V_and_W_class_destroyer}} {{refend}} ==Footnotes== {{reflist}} ==Bibliography== {{refbegin}} *{{UKTHVol4Part34}} *{{March}} *{{Conways1906}} {{refend}} {{Footer "V" Class Destroyer (1917)}} {{DEFAULTSORT:V}} {{CatClassDestroyer|UK}} <!-- data nat=UK cat=Destroyer type=destroyer chain=Destroyers {group name=Admiralty Design } {ship name=Vancouver pend=G.04 (Apr 1918){{DittColl|p. 72}} builder=[[William Beardmore & Company]]{{Conways1906|p. 83}} order= laid= launch=28 12 1917{{Conways1906|p. 83}} comm= fatedate=4 3 1947{{DittColl|p. 72}} } {ship name=Vanessa pend=G.18 (Jun 1918){{DittColl|p. 72}} builder=" order= laid= launch=16 3 1918{{Conways1906|p. 83}} comm= } {ship name=Vanity pend=G.37 (Jun 1918)<br>G.19 (Sep 1918){{DittColl|p. 72}} builder=" order= laid= launch=3 5 1918{{Conways1906|p. 83}} comm= } {ship name=Vanquisher pend=F.3A (1917)<br>F.08 (Jan 1918)<br>H.0A (Jun 1918)<br>F.85 (Sep 1918){{DittColl|p. 72}} builder=[[John Brown & Company]]{{Conways1906|p. 83}} order= laid= launch=18 8 1917{{Conways1906|p. 83}} comm= } {ship name=Vanoc pend=F.8A (1917)<br>F.27 (Jan 1918)<br>H.4A (Jun 1918)<br>F.84 (Sep 1918){{DittColl|p. 72}} builder=" order= laid= launch=14 6 1917{{Conways1906|p. 83}} comm= } {ship name=Vega pend=F.4A (1917)<br>F.92 (Jan 1918)<br>F.09 (Apr 1918){{DittColl|p. 72}} builder=[[William Doxford & Sons]]{{Conways1906|p. 83}} order= laid= launch=1 9 1917{{Conways1906|p. 83}} comm= } {ship name=Velox pend=H.43 (Apr 1918)<br>D.40 (Sep 1918)<br>G.65 (Nov 1918){{DittColl|p. 72}} builder=" order= laid= launch=17 11 1917{{Conways1906|p. 83}} comm= } {ship name=Vehement pend=F.1A (1917)<br>F.12 (Jan 1918)<br>H.2A (Jun 1918){{DittColl|p. 72}} builder=[[William Denny & Brothers]]{{Conways1906|p. 83}} order= laid= launch=6 7 1917{{Conways1906|p. 83}} comm= fate=Mined fatedate=1 8 18{{Conways1906|p. 83}} } {ship name=Venturous pend=F.30 (1917)<br>F.21 (Jan 1918)<br>F.87 (Sep 1918){{DittColl|p. 72}} builder=" order= laid= launch=21 9 1917{{Conways1906|p. 83}} comm= } {ship name=Vendetta pend=F.A3 (1917)<br>F.29 (Jan 1918){{DittColl|p. 72}} builder=[[Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company]]{{Conways1906|p. 83}} order= laid= launch=3 9 1917{{Conways1906|p. 83}} comm= } {ship name=Venetia pend=F.9A (1917)<br>F.93 (Jan 1918)<br>F.14 (Apr 1918){{DittColl|p. 72}} builder=" order= laid= launch=29 10 1917{{Conways1906|p. 83}} comm= fate=Mined fatedate=19 10 1940{{Conways1906|p. 83}} } {ship name=Verdun pend=F.2A (1917)<br>F.91 (Jan 1918)<br>F.16 (Sep 1918){{DittColl|p. 72}} builder=[[Hawthorn Leslie & Company]]{{Conways1906|p. 83}} order= laid= launch=21 8 1917{{Conways1906|p. 83}} comm= } {ship name=Versatile pend=F.29 (1917)<br>G.10 (Jan 1918){{DittColl|p. 72}} builder=" order= laid= launch=31 10 1917{{Conways1906|p. 83}} comm= } {ship name=Verulam pend=F.A2 (1917)<br>F.96 (Jan 1918)<br>F.19 (Apr 1918){{DittColl|p. 72}} builder=" order= laid= launch=3 10 1917{{Conways1906|p. 83}} comm= fate=Mined fatedate=4 9 19{{Conways1906|p. 83}} } {ship name=Vesper pend=F.39 (Apr 1918){{DittColl|p. 73}} builder=[[Alexander Stephen & Sons]]{{Conways1906|p. 83}} order= laid= launch=15 12 1917{{Conways1906|p. 83}} comm= } {ship name=Vidette pend=F.07 (Jun 1918){{DittColl|p. 73}} builder=" order= laid= launch=28 2 1918{{Conways1906|p. 83}} comm= } {ship name=Violent pend=F.A1 (1917)<br>F.95 (Jan 1918)<br>F.31 (Apr 1918){{DittColl|p. 73}} builder=[[Swan Hunter]]{{Conways1906|p. 83}} order= laid= launch=1 9 1917{{Conways1906|p. 83}} comm= } {ship name=Vimiera pend=F.28 (Apr 1918){{DittColl|p. 73}} builder=" order= laid= launch=22 6 1917{{Conways1906|p. 83}} comm= fate=Mined fatedate=9 1 1942{{Conways1906|p. 83}} } {ship name=Vittoria pend=G.05 (Apr 1918)<br>F.96 (Oct 1918){{DittColl|p. 73}} builder=" order= laid= launch=29 10 1917{{Conways1906|p. 83}} comm= fate=Torpedoed fate2=by Bolshevik sub ''Pantera''{{Conways1906|p. 84}} fatedate=1 9 19{{Conways1906|p. 83}} } {ship name=Vivacious pend=F.32 (1917)<br>G.71 (Jan 1918)<br>G.01 (Apr 1918){{DittColl|p. 73}} builder=[[Yarrow & Company]]{{Conways1906|p. 83}} order= laid= launch=3 11 1917{{Conways1906|p. 83}} comm= } {ship name=Vivien pend=G.39 (Jun 1918){{DittColl|p. 73}} builder=" order= laid= launch=16 2 1918{{Conways1906|p. 83}} comm= } {ship name=Vortigern pend=F.35 (1917)<br>G.21 (Jan 1918)<br>G.03 (Apr 1918){{DittColl|p. 73}} builder=[[J. 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