| abstract | - HMS Valkyrie’s keel was laid on the 25th of May 1916 at the William Denny & Bros. Ltd shipyard in Dumbarton, Scotland. She was launched on the 12th of March 1917. She was 312 feet overall in length with a beam of 29.5 feet. Her mean draught was 9 feet, and would reach 11.25 feet under full load. She had a displacement of 1,188 tons standard and up to 1440 tons under full load. . She was propelled by three Yarrow type water tube boilers powering Brown-Curtis geared steam turbines developing 27,000 SHP driving two screws for a maximum designed speed of 34 knots. She was oil-fired and had a bunkerage of 320 to 370 tons. This gave a range of 3500 nautical miles at 15 knots. She shipped four Mk V QF (quick fire) 4-inch L/45 guns in four single center-line turrets. The turrets were disposed as two forward and two aft in super imposed firing positions. She also carried one QF 3-inch 20 cwt anti-aircraft gun aft of the second funnel. Aft of the 3-inch gun, she carried four 21-inch Torpedo tubes mounted in pairs on the center-line.
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