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.[1]
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Name | HMS Verulam |
Builder | R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company, Hebburn |
Launched | 3 October 1917 |
Fate | Sunk on 3–4 September 1919 |
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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 |
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Speed | 34 kn |
Range | 320-370 tons oil, 3,500 nmi at 15 kn, 900 nmi at 32 kn |
Complement | 110 |
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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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