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HMS ''Valkyrie'' was a First World War V-class flotilla leader of the Royal Navy. She was one of two destroyers ordered in July of 1916 from William Denny & Bros. Ltd shipyard under the 9th Order for Destroyers of the Emergency War Program of 1916-17. She was originally to be called HMS ''Malcolm'' but was renamed before being completed. The name ''Malcolm'' was later assigned to another destroyer leader. ==Construction== In early 1916, the Director of Naval Construction prepared a design for a destroyer leader suitable to lead the new R-class destroyers. The first two ships of the new class, ''Valkyrie'' and ''Valorous'' were ordered from William Denny and Brothers in April 1916, with three more being ordered from other builders in July that year.〔Friedman 2009, pp. 160–162.〕〔Gardiner and Gray 1985, p. 82.〕 ''Valkyrie''s keel was laid on 25 May 1916 at Denny's shipyard in Dumbarton, Scotland. She was launched on 13 March 1917.〔Friedman 2009, p. 312.〕 ''Valkyrie'' was long overall with a beam of and a draught of between and depending on load. She had a displacement of standard and up to under full load.〔Preston 1971, pp. 97–98.〕 The ship's machinery was based on that of the R-class destroyers which she was designed to lead.〔Friedman 2009, p. 160.〕 Three oil-fed Yarrow boilers raising steam at fed Brown-Curtis geared steam turbines which developed , driving two screws for a maximum designed speed of .〔 ''Valkyrie'' reached during sea trials, with her engines generating .〔Raven and Roberts 1979, pp. 2–3.〕 The ship carried of oil giving a range of at .〔 She shipped four Mk V QF (quick fire) 4-inch L/45 guns in four single center-line mounts. These were disposed as two forward and two aft in super imposed firing positions. She also carried one QF 3-inch 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 center-line.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMS Valkyrie (1917)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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