HMS Vehement (1917)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Vehement.
The first HMS Vehement was a V-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service in World War I. She spent her short career in minelaying operations in the North Sea before striking a mine and sinking in 1918.
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Name | HMS Vehement |
Namesake | Vehement |
Ordered | July 1916[1] |
Builder | William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton[1] |
Laid down | 25 September 1916[2] |
Launched | 6 July 1917[1] |
Completed | October 1917[3] |
Commissioned | October 1917 |
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Fate | Sunk 2 August 1918 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Admiralty V-class destroyer |
Displacement | 1,272–1,339 tons |
Length | 300 ft (91.4 m) o/a, 312 ft (95.1 m) p/p |
Beam | 26 ft 9 in (8.2 m) |
Draught | 9 ft (2.7 m) standard, 11 ft 3 in (3.4 m) deep |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 34 kt |
Range | 320–370 tons oil, 3,500 nmi at 15 kt, 900 nmi at 32 kt |
Complement | 110 |
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