H.M.S. Valiant (1914)
From The Dreadnought Project
| H.M.S. Valiant | |
| Career | Details |
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| Pendant Number: | 43 (April, 1918)[Citation needed] |
| Built By: | Fairfield, Govan |
| Laid Down: | 31 January, 1913 |
| Launched: | 4 November, 1914 |
| Commissioned: | 19 February, 1916 |
| Sold: | 19 March, 1948 |
| Fate: | Scrapped |
| Motto: | Valiant yet Vigilant |
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Valiant had a pool table, a photo of which is in the Crawford Scrapbook, Liddle Collection, University of Leeds.
Contents
Alterations
Valiant was completed with director firing installed, as all capital ships were supposed to do after 2 January, 1915.[1]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, pp. 10.
Bibliography
- Template:BibUKDirectorFiringHandbook1917
- Template:BibUKDreyerTableHandbook1918
- Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
- Template:BibUKFireControlInHMShips1919
- Template:BibParkesBritishBattleships
