Editing V and W-class destroyer (section)

==Admiralty V class==
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|Ship armament=* 4 × single QF 4-inch Mk V guns
* 1 × single QF 3-inch 20 cwt '''or''' 1 × [[QF 2-pounder naval gun|QF 2 pdr (40&nbsp;mm) Mk II "pom-pom"]] anti-aircraft gun
* 2 × twin 21-inch torpedo tubes
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The 23 vessels comprising the '''Admiralty V class''' were ordered in July 1916 under the 9th War Programme as repeats of the Admiralty V-class leaders (ordered three months earlier) to counter the threat posed by reports of a new class of powerful [[Kaiserliche Marine|German]] destroyers (see {{SMS|S113}}). They omitted the flotilla leader function and as such differed in detail from the leader predecessor.

While all 23 ships were completed with two twin torpedo tubes (''Voyager'', which was completed with triple tubes, was an Admiralty W-class unit ordered in December 1916), in 1921 all Admiralty V class had their forward bank replaced by a triple bank, for a total of five torpedoes; and from 1923 onwards most ships had their aft bank (twin tubes) replaced by a triple bank, for a total of six torpedoes, except in ''Vimy'', ''Vanoc'', ''Velox'', ''Versatile'' and ''Vortigern'' in which only the forward bank was replaced.

''Vanquisher'', ''Vanoc'', ''Velox'', ''Vehement'', ''Venturous'', ''Versatile'', ''Vimiera'', ''Vittoria'' and ''Vortigern'' were built with the ability to be converted into [[minelayer]]s within 24 hours. For this purpose they would land their torpedo tubes and "Y" gun on the quarterdeck and have screens fitted to protect the mines, of which up to sixty could be carried. They could be distinguished by the permanent mine chutes at the stern.

===Ships===
* [[HMS Vancouver (1917)|''Vancouver'']] – built by [[William Beardmore & Company]], [[Dalmuir]], laid down 15 March 1917, launched 28 December 1917, completed 9 March 1918. Renamed [[HMS Vimy|''Vimy'']] on 1 April 1928 to release the name ''Vancouver'' for another destroyer acquired by the [[Royal Canadian Navy]]. Sold for breaking up 4 March 1947.
* {{HMS |Vanessa|D29|2}} – built by Beardmore, laid down 16 May 1917, launched 16 March 1918, completed 27 April 1918. Given pennant number G18. Sold for breaking up 4 March 1947.
* {{HMS|Vanity|D28|2}} – built by Beardmore, laid down 28 July 1917, launched 3 May 1918, completed 21 June 1918, sold for breaking up 4 March 1947.
* [[HMS Vanoc (1917)|''Vanoc'']] – built by [[John Brown & Company]], [[Clydebank]], laid down 20 September 1916, launched 14 June 1917, completed 15 August 1917, sold for breaking up 26 July 1945, wrecked off [[Penryn, Cornwall|Penryn]] en route to breakers in June 1946, later salved and scrapped at Falmouth.
* {{HMS|Vanquisher|D54|2}} – built by John Brown, laid down 27 September 1916, launched 18 August 1917, completed 2 October 1917. Given pennant number D54, sold for breaking up 4 March 1947.
* {{HMS|Vectis|D51|2}} – built by [[J. Samuel White & Company]], [[Cowes]], laid down 7 December 1916, launched 4 September 1917, completed 5 December 1917, sold for breaking up 25 August 1936.
* [[HMS Vega (1917)|''Vega'']] – built by [[William Doxford & Sons Ltd]], [[Pallion]], laid down 11 December 1916, launched 1 September 1917, completed 14 December 1917, sold for breaking up 4 March 1947.
* [[HMS Vehement (1917)|''Vehement'']] – built by [[William Denny & Brothers Limited]], [[Dumbarton]], laid down 25 September 1916, launched 6 July 1917, completed 1917, mined and sunk in [[North Sea]] 1 August 1918.
* [[HMS Velox (1917)|''Velox'']] – built by Doxford, laid down January 1917, launched 17 November 1917, completed 1 April 1918, sold for breaking up 18 February 1947.
* {{HMAS|Vendetta|D69|2}} – built by [[Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Company]], [[Govan]], laid down November 1916, launched 3 September 1917, completed 17 October 1917, transferred to [[Royal Australian Navy]] October 1933, scuttled off [[Sydney]] 2 July 1948.
* [[HMS Venetia (1917)|''Venetia'']] – built by Fairfield, laid down 2 February 1917, launched 29 October 1917, completed 19 December 1917, mined and sunk in [[Thames estuary]] 19 October 1940.
* [[HMS Venturous (1917)|''Venturous'']] – built by Denny, laid down 9 October 1916, launched 21 September 1917, completed 29 November 1917, sold for breaking up 24 August 1936.
* [[HMS Verdun (1917)|''Verdun'']] – built by [[Hawthorn Leslie & Company]], [[Hebburn]], laid down 13 January 1917, launched 21 August 1917, completed 3 November 1917, sold for breaking up March 1946.
* {{HMS|Versatile|D32|2}} – built by Hawthorn Leslie, laid down 31 January 1917, launched 21 August 1917, completed 3 November 1917, sold for scrapping 1946
* [[HMS Verulam (1917)|''Verulam'']] – built by Hawthorn Leslie, laid down 1917, launched 3 October 1917, mined and sunk off [[Seskar|Seiskari Island]] in [[Gulf of Finland]] on night of 3/4 September 1919.
* {{HMS|Vesper|D55|2}} – built by [[Alexander Stephen & Sons]], [[Linthouse]], laid down 7 December 1916, launched 15 December 1917, completed 20 February 1918, sold for breaking up 4 March 1947.
* {{HMS|Vidette|D48|2}} – built by Stephen, laid down 1 February 1917, launched 28 February 1918, completed 27 April 1918, sold for breaking up 4 March 1947.
* [[HMS Vimiera (1917)|''Vimiera'']] – built by [[Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson]], [[Wallsend]], laid down October 1916, launched 22 June 1917, completed 19 September 1917, mined and sunk in Thames estuary 9 January 1942.
* [[HMS Violent (1917)|''Violent'']] – built by Swan Hunter, launched 1 September 1917, sold for breaking up 8 March 1937.
* [[HMS Vittoria (1917)|''Vittoria'']] – built by Swan Hunter, 29 October 1917, torpedoed and sunk by [[Bolshevik]] submarine ''Pantera'' off Seiskari Island in [[Gulf of Finland]] 1 September 1919.
* {{HMS|Vivacious|D36|2}} – built by [[Yarrow & Company]], laid down July 1916, launched 13 November 1917, completed 29 December 1917, sold for breaking up 4 March 1947.
* [[HMS Vivien (1918)|''Vivien'']] – built by Yarrow, laid down July 1916, launched 16 February 1918, completed 28 May 1918, sold for breaking up 18 February 1947.
* [[HMS Vortigern (1917)|''Vortigern'']] – built by White, laid down 17 January 1917, launched 15 October 1917, completed 25 January 1918, torpedoed and sunk by [[Nazi Germany|German]] [[E-boat]] off [[Cromer]] 15 March 1942.