HMS Valiant (1914)

Valiant between 1930 and 1937
History
United Kingdom
Name	Valiant
Ordered	1912
Builder	Fairfields, Govan
Cost	£2,537,037
Laid down	31 January 1913
Launched	4 November 1914
Commissioned	19 February 1916
In service	1916
Out of service	1948
Identification	Pennant number: 02
Motto	Valiant & Vigilant
Fate	Sold for scrap, 19 March 1948
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	Queen Elizabeth-class battleship
Displacement	32,590 long tons (33,113 t) 33,260 long tons (33,794 t) (Deep load)
Length	639 ft 9 in (195 m)
Beam	90 ft 7 in (27.6 m)
Draught	33 ft (10.1 m)
Installed power	24 Babcock & Wilcox boilers 75,000 shp (56,000 kW)
Propulsion	4 shafts; 2 steam turbine sets
Speed	24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph)
Range	5,000 nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	919 (1915) 1,218 (1919)
Armament	4 × twin 15 in (381 mm) guns 14 × single 6 in (152 mm) guns 2 × single 3 in (76 mm) AA guns 4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
Armour	Waterline belt: 13 in (330 mm) Deck: 1–3 in (25–76 mm) Barbettes: 7–10 in (178–254 mm) Gun turrets: 11–13 in (279–330 mm) Conning tower: 13 in (330 mm)
General characteristics (1937–1939 refit)
Displacement	32,468 long tons (32,989 t) (load displacement)
Speed	23 kn (43 km/h; 26 mph)
Sensors and processing systems	Type 273 radar Type 285 radar
Armament	4 × twin 15 in guns 10 × twin 4.5 in (114 mm) DP guns 4 × octuple 2 pdr (1.6 in (40 mm)) AA guns 26 × twin 20 mm (0.8 in) AA guns 4 × quadruple 0.5 in (12.7 mm) MGs
Aircraft carried	2 (capacity)

HMS Valiant was one of five Queen Elizabeth-class battleships built for the Royal Navy during the early 1910s. She participated in the Battle of Jutland during the First World War as part of the Grand Fleet. Other than that battle, and the inconclusive Action of 19 August, her service during the war generally consisted of routine patrols and training in the North Sea. She saw further action during the Second World War in the Mediterranean and Far East.