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===Ships=== Fourteen vessels were ordered to this revised design in January 1918 under the 13th War Programme (as well as the two Thornycroft ships to a variant design), of which seven were subsequently cancelled. * [[HMS Vansittart (D64)|''Vansittart'']] β built by [[William Beardmore & Company]], [[Dalmuir]], laid down 1 July 1918, launched 17 April 1919, completed 5 November 1919, sold for scrapping 25 February 1946. * ''Vantage'' β also from Beardmore, renamed ''Vimy'' 1918, laid down 16 September 1918, order cancelled 26 November 1918. * [[HMS Venomous (1919)|''Venomous'']] (ex-''Venom'') β built by [[John Brown & Company]], [[Clydebank]], laid down 31 May 1918, launched 21 December 1918, completed 24 August 1919, sold for breaking up 4 March 1947. * [[HMS Verity (D63)|''Verity'']] β built by John Brown, laid down 17 May 1918, launched 19 March 1919, completed 17 September 1919, sold for breaking up 4 March 1947. * [[HMS Volunteer (1919)|''Volunteer'']] β built by [[William Denny & Brothers Limited]], [[Dumbarton]], laid down 16 April 1918, launched 17 April 1919, completed 7 November 1919, sold for breaking up 4 March 1947. * ''Votary'' β also from Denny, laid down 18 June 1918, order cancelled 12 April 1919. * [[HMS Wanderer (D74)|''Wanderer'']] β built by [[Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company]], [[Govan]], laid down 7 August 1918, launched 1 May 1919, completed 18 September 1919, sold for breaking up 31 January 1946. * ''Warren'' β also from Fairfield, order moved to Chatham Dockyard then cancelled September 1919. * ''Welcome'' β built by [[Hawthorn Leslie & Company]], [[Hebburn]], laid down 9 April 1918, order cancelled 12 April 1919. * ''Welfare'' β also from Hawthorn Leslie, laid down 22 June 1918, order cancelled 12 April 1919. * [[HMS Whitehall (1919)|''Whitehall'']] β built by [[Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson]], [[Wallsend]], laid down June 1918, launched 11 September 1919, completed by [[HM Dockyard]] [[Chatham Dockyard|Chatham]] 9 July 1924, sold for breaking up October 1945. * ''Whitehead'' β also by Swan Hunter, order cancelled 12 April 1919. * [[HMS Wren (1919)|''Wren'']] β built by [[Yarrow & Company]], laid down June 1918, launched 11 November 1919, completed by HM Dockyard [[Pembroke Dock]] 27 January 1923, bombed and sunk by German aircraft off of [[Aldeburgh]] 27 July 1940. * ''Wye'' β also by Yarrow, laid down January 1918, order cancelled September 1919. A further thirty-eight vessels were ordered to this design in April 1918 under the 14th War Programme, of which thirty-one were subsequently cancelled and only seven completed. These ships had a thick fore funnel and a thin after funnel. * ''Vashon'' β built by [[William Beardmore & Company]], [[Dalmuir]], order cancelled 26 November 1918. * ''Vengeful'' β also from Beardmore, order cancelled 26 November 1918. * [[HMS Veteran (1919)|''Veteran'']] β built by John Brown, laid down 30 August 1918, launched 26 April 1919, completed 13 November 1919, torpedoed and sunk by {{GS|U-404}} in [[Atlantic Ocean|Western Atlantic]] 26 September 1942. * ''Vigo'' β also from John Brown, order cancelled 26 November 1918. * ''Vigorous'' β also from John Brown, renamed ''Wistful'' June 1918, order cancelled 26 November 1918. * ''Virulent'' β also from John Brown, order cancelled 26 November 1918. * ''Volage'' β also from John Brown, order cancelled 26 November 1918. * ''Volcano'' β also from John Brown, order cancelled 26 November 1918. * ''Wager'' β built by Denny, laid down 2 August 1918, order cancelled 12 April 1919. * ''Wake'' β also from Denny, laid down 14 October 1918, order cancelled 26 November 1918. * ''Waldegrave'' β also from Denny, order cancelled 26 November 1918. * ''Walton'' β also from Denny, order cancelled 26 November 1918. * ''Whitaker'' β also from Denny, order cancelled 26 November 1918. * ''Watson'' β ordered from Fairfield, order transferred to Devonport Dockyard where laid down 1918, order cancelled September 1919. * ''Wave'' β also from Fairfield, order cancelled 26 November 1918. * ''Weazel'' β also from Fairfield, order cancelled 26 November 1918. * ''White Bear'' β also from Fairfield, order cancelled 26 November 1918. * ''Wellesley'' β built by Hawthorn Leslie, laid down 30 August 1918, order cancelled 26 November 1918. * ''Wheeler'' β built by Scotts, laid down July 1918, order cancelled 12 April 1919. * ''Whip'' β also from Scotts, order cancelled 26 November 1918. * ''Whippet'' β also from Scotts, order cancelled 26 November 1918. * ''Whelp'' β also from Scotts, order transferred to Pembroke Dockyard, order cancelled September 1918. * [[HMS Whitshed (D77)|''Whitshed'']] β built by Swan Hunter, laid down 3 June 1918, launched 31 January 1919, completed 11 July 1919, sold for breaking up 18 February 1947. * [[HMS Wild Swan (D62)|''Wild Swan'']] β built by Swan Hunter, laid down July 1918, launched 17 May 1919, completed 14 November 1919, bombed and damaged by German aircraft and collided with a Spanish trawler 100 miles off of France, lost on 17 June 1942. * ''Willoughby'' β also from Swan Hunter, order cancelled 26 November 1918. * ''Winter'' β also from Swan Hunter, order cancelled 26 November 1918. * [[HMS Witherington (D76)|''Witherington'']] β built by [[J. Samuel White & Company]], laid down 27 September 1918, launched 16 January 1919, completed 10 October 1919, sold for breaking up 20 March 1947, wrecked while en route [[Charlestown, Fife|Charlestown]] 29 April 1947. * [[HMS Wivern (D66)|''Wivern'']] β built by White, laid down 19 August 1918, launched 16 April 1919, completed 23 December 1919, sold for breaking up 18 February 1947. * [[HMS Wolverine (D78)|''Wolverine'']] β built by White, laid down 8 October 1918, launched 17 July 1919, completed 27 February 1920, sold for breaking up January 1946. * [[HMS Worcester (D96)|''Worcester'']] β built by White, laid down 20 December 1918, launched 24 October 1919, completed by HM Dockyard [[HMNB Portsmouth|Portsmouth]] 20 September 1922, mined and damaged in [[North Sea]] 23 December 1943, written off as constructive total loss and used as accommodation hulk ''Yeoman'', broken up September 1946. * ''Wrangler'' β ordered from Yarrow, order later transferred to White, laid down 3 February 1919, order cancelled September 1919. * ''Werewolf'' β ordered from Swan Hunter but transferred to White, launched 17 July 1919 but not completed, order cancelled September 1919. * ''Westphal'' β ordered from Swan Hunter but transferred to White, order cancelled 12 April 1919. * ''Westward Ho'' β ordered from Swan Hunter but transferred to White, order cancelled 12 April 1919. * ''Yeoman'' β ordered from Yarrow, order cancelled 12 April 1919. * [[HMS Zealous (1919)|''Zealous'']] β also from Yarrow, order cancelled 12 April 1919. * ''Zebra'' β also from Yarrow, order cancelled 12 April 1919. * ''Zodiac'' β also from Yarrow, order cancelled 12 April 1919.
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