HMS Violent (D57)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Violent
Namesake	violent
Ordered	July 1916
Builder	Swan Hunter, Wallsend, Tyne and Wear
Laid down	6 December 1916
Launched	1 September 1917
Completed	20 November 1917
Identification	Pennant number:D57
Fate	Transferred for scrapping 8 March 1937
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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 (20,000 kW);
Speed	34 knots (63 km/h)
Range	320-370 tons oil, 3,500 nmi (6,500 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h), 900 nmi (1,700 km) at 32 kn (59 km/h)
Complement	110
Armament	4 × QF 4 in Mk.V (102mm L/45), mount P Mk.I; 2 × QF 2 pdr Mk.II "pom-pom" (40 mm L/39) or;; 1 z QF 12 pdr 20 cwt Mk.I (76 mm), mount HA Mk.II; 4 (2x2) tubes for 21 in torpedoes;

HMS Violent was a V-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service in World War I and was in commission from 1917 to 1937.

History

United Kingdom
Name	HMS Violent
Namesake	violent
Ordered	July 1916^[2]
Builder	Swan Hunter, Wallsend, Tyne and Wear^[3]
Laid down	6 December 1916^[1]
Launched	1 September 1917^[2]
Completed	20 November 1917^[1]
Identification	Pennant number:D57
Fate	Transferred for scrapping 8 March 1937^[3]
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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 (20,000 kW)
Speed	34 knots (63 km/h)
Range	320-370 tons oil, 3,500 nmi (6,500 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h), 900 nmi (1,700 km) at 32 kn (59 km/h)
Complement	110
Armament	4 × QF 4 in Mk.V (102mm L/45), mount P Mk.I 2 × QF 2 pdr Mk.II "pom-pom" (40 mm L/39) or; 1 z QF 12 pdr 20 cwt Mk.I (76 mm), mount HA Mk.II 4 (2x2) tubes for 21 in torpedoes