HMS Verulam (1917)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Verulam.

HMS Verulam in 1918
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Verulam
Builder	R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company, Hebburn
Launched	3 October 1917
Fate	Sunk on 3–4 September 1919
General characteristics
Class and type	Admiralty V-class destroyer
Displacement	1,272-1,339 tons
Length	300 ft (91.4 m) o/a, 312 ft (95.1 m) p/p
Beam	26 ft 9 in (8.2 m)
Draught	9 ft (2.7 m) standard, 11 ft 3 in (3.4 m) deep
Propulsion	3 Yarrow type Water-tube boilers Brown-Curtis steam turbines, 2 shafts, 27,000 shp
Speed	34 kn
Range	320-370 tons oil, 3,500 nmi at 15 kn, 900 nmi at 32 kn
Complement	110
Armament	4 × QF 4-inch naval gun Mk V, mount P Mk.I 2 × QF 2 pdr Mk.II "pom-pom" (40 mm L/39) or; 1 × 12 pounder 12 gun Mk.I (76 mm), mount HA Mk.II 4 (2x2) tubes for 21 in torpedoes

HMS Verulam was an Admiralty V-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was built by Hawthorn Leslie and was launched on 3 October 1917. She struck a mine off the island of Seiskari in the Gulf of Finland on the night between 3–4 September 1919, and sank killing 16 crew.

The sunken destroyer was given to the state of Finland on 12 December 1919 together with her sister ship Vittoria; however, when salvage efforts began in 1925, it was found that both ships were broken in two and impossible to repair.

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