V and W class destroyers of the Royal Navy

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 43. Chapters: HMAS Vampire (D68), HMAS Vendetta (D69), HMAS Voyager (D31), HMAS Waterhen (D22), HMS Valentine (1917), HMS Valhalla (1917), HMS Valkyrie (1917), HMS Valorous (1917 Destroyer), HMS Valorous (L00), HMS Vancouver (1917), HMS Vanoc (H33), HMS Vansittart (D64), HMS Velox (D34), HMS Verdun (L93), HMS Verity (D63), HMS Verulam (1917), HMS Veteran (D72), HMS Vidette (D48), HMS Vimiera (1917), HMS Vittoria (1917), HMS Vortigern (D37), HMS Wakeful (H88), HMS Walpole (D41), HMS Warwick (D25), HMS Westcott (D47), HMS Westminster (L40), HMS Whirlwind (D30), HMS Whitshed (D77), HMS Wild Swan (D62), HMS Winchelsea (D46), HMS Witherington (D76), HMS Wolfhound (L56), HMS Wolverine (D78), HMS Woolston (1918), HMS Wren (1919), HMS Wrestler (1918), HMS Wryneck (D21), HMS Zealous (1919). Excerpt: HMAS Vendetta (D69/I69) (formerly HMS Vendetta (FA3/F29/D69)) was a V class destroyer that served in the Royal Navy and the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). One of 25 V class ships ordered for the Royal Navy during World War I, Vendetta entered service in 1917. During World War I, Vendetta participated in the Second Battle of Heligoland Bight, and operated against Bolshevik forces during the British Baltic Campaign. Most of the ship's post-war career was spent operating in the Mediterranean. In 1933, Vendetta was one of five destroyers selected for transfer to the RAN. Over the next six years, the ship was either involved in peacetime activities or was in reserve, but when World War II started, she was assigned to the Mediterranean as part of the 'Scrap Iron Flotilla'. During the Greek Campaign, Vendetta was involved in the transportation of Allied troops to Greece, then the evacuation to Crete. After, the destroyer served with the Tobruk Ferry Service, and made the highest number of runs to the besieged city of Tobruk. At the end of 1941, Vendetta was docked for refit in Singapore, but after the Japanese invaded, the destroyer had to be towed to Fremantle, then Melbourne. After the refit, which converted the destroyer into a dedicated escort vessel, ended in December 1942, Vendetta spent the rest of World War II operating in Australian and New Guinean waters as a transport and convoy escort. Vendetta was decommissioned in late 1945, and was scuttled off Sydney Heads in 1948. Vendetta was one of 25 V class destroyers built for the Royal Navy during World War I. She had a standard load displacement of 1,090 tons, and a deep displacement of 1,490 tons. The destroyer was 312 feet 0.75 inches (95.1167 m) in length overall and 300 feet (91 m) long between perpendiculars, had a beam of 29 feet 5.75 inches (8.9853 m), and a maximum draught of 14 feet 7.5 inches (4.458 m). Propulsion machinery consisted of three Yarrow boilers connected to two Brown-Curtis turbines, which suppl