V/W class destroyer

The V- and W-class was an amalgam of six similar classes of destroyer built for the Royal Navy under the War Emergency Programme of the First World War and generally treated as one class. For their time they were among the most powerful and advanced ships of their type in the world, and set the trend for future British designs.

They arrived in time to see service in the First World War. During the interwar period these ships formed the backbone of the Royal Navy's destroyer flotillas until gradually replaced by new construction, by the mid-1930s most had been displaced to the reserve fleet. Most ships survived to make an extensive contribution to the Second World War effort, in the vital role of the convoy escort, freeing up more modern ships for fleet action. Most of the surviving ships were converted to Thames-class gunboats.

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Admiralty V-class leaders[]

HMS Valentine
HMS Valhalla
HMS Valkyrie
HMS Valorous
HMS Vampire - Transferred to Royal Australian Navy

Admiralty V-class[]

HMS Vancouver
HMS Vanessa
HMS Vanity
HMS Vanoc
HMS Vanquisher
HMS Vectis
HMS Vega
HMS Vehement
HMS Velox
HMS Vendetta - Transferred to Royal Australian Navy
HMS Venetia
HMS Venturous
HMS Verdun
HMS Versatile
HMS Verulam
HMS Vesper
HMS Vidette
HMS Vimiera
HMS Violent
HMS Vittoria
HMS Vivacious
HMS Vivien
HMS Vortigern

Admiralty W-class[]

HMS Voyager - Transferred to Royal Australian Navy
HMS Wakeful
HMS Walker
HMS Walpole
HMS Walrus
HMS Warwick
HMS Watchman
HMS Waterhen - Transferred to Royal Australian Navy
HMS Wessex
HMS Westcott
HMS Westminster
HMS Whirlwind
HMS Whitley
HMS Winchelsea
HMS Winchester
HMS Windsor
HMS Wolfhound
HMS Wrestler
HMS Wryneck

Admiralty modified W-class[]

HMS Vansittart
HMS Venomous
HMS Verity
HMS Volunteer
HMS Wanderer
HMS Whitehall
HMS Wren
HMS Veteran
HMS Whitshed
HMS Wild Swan
HMS Witherington
HMS Wivern
HMS Wolverine
HMS Worcester

Thornycroft V- and W-class[]

HMS Viceroy
HMS Viscount
HMS Wolsey
HMS Woolston

Thornycroft modified W-class[]

HMS Wishart
HMS Witch