Editing V and W-class destroyer (section)

==V and W class in fiction==
* HMS ''Viperous'' is the name of a fictional V and W-class destroyer in the novel ''[[The Cruel Sea (book)|The Cruel Sea]]'' by [[Nicholas Monsarrat]], the leader of an escort group including ''Compass Rose'', the focus of the first part of the story.
* HMS ''Warlock'' is the name of the leader of a flotilla of eight fictional destroyers in the 1974 novel ''The Destroyers'' by [[Douglas Reeman]]. Seven of these are V and W-class destroyers (HMS ''Ventnor'', HMS ''Victor'', HMS ''Warden'', HMS ''Warlock'', HMS ''Waxwing'', HMS ''Whiplash'' and HMS ''Whirlpool''); the eighth, HMS ''Lomond'', is explicitly described as being a newer and larger destroyer than the other seven.
* HMS ''Vagabond'' is the name of an apparently fictional V and W-class destroyer in the 1989 novel ''The Fighting Spirit'' by Charles Giddey (Wheeler) published by William Collins. In this book's fictionalised account of the 1940 Dunkirk evacuation at least 15 actual V and W class ships are mentioned.
* HMS ''Virtue'' and HMS ''Vagrant'' are the names of two fictional V and W-class destroyers in [[Ronald Bassett|Ronald Bassett's]] 1977 novel ''The Tinfish Run''.
* HMS ''Viking'' and HMS ''Vectra'' are two of the escorts of the 14th Aircraft Carrier Squadron in [[Alistair MacLean]]'s novel ''[[HMS Ulysses (novel)|HMS Ulysses]]''.
* HMS ''Vortex'' is the name of a fictional destroyer participating in the 1918 [[Zeebrügge]] raid in the 1963 novel ''The Admiral'' by [[Warren Tute]].
* HMS ''Whippet'' is the name of a fictional (the real one was canceled) W-class destroyer converted for escort work in the British ''[[Commando (comics)|Commando War Stories in Pictures]]'' comic #669, titled ''Destroyer!'', published in 1972.