Destroyers

V class

10 ships

The V class destroyer HMS Vigilant.

Type	Destroyer
Displacement	1710 BRT
Length	363 feet
Complement	180 men
Armament	As designed; 4 4.5" guns (4x1) 2 40mm AA (1x2) 6 20mm AA (2x2, 2x1) 8 21" torpedo tubes
Max speed	37 knots
Engines	Geared turbines, 2 shafts
Power	40000 HP
Notes on class

All ships of the V class:

Royal Canadian Navy (more on Royal Canadian Navy)

Royal Navy (more on Royal Navy)

HMS Valentine (ii) (R 17) (To Canada as Algonquin)
HMS Venus (R 50)
HMS Verulam (R 28)
HMS Vigilant (R 93)
HMS Virago (R 75)
HMS Vixen (R 64) (To Canada as Sioux)
HMS Volage (R 41)

Royal Navy (more on Royal Navy)

HMS Hardy (ii) (R 08) (lost 30 Jan 1944)

1 destroyer of the V class lost.

V class ships hit by U-boats (1)
30 Jan 1944	HMS Hardy (ii)	Sunk	U-278

Books dealing with this subject include:

A Blue Water Navy, WAB Douglas, R. Sarty, M. Whitby et al., 2007
Cadillac of Destroyers, Barrie, Ron and Macpherson, Ken, 1996
Cape Hatteras, Lloyd, Keith Warren, 2008
Capturing Enigma, Harper, Stephen, 2000 (transl.)
Deadly Seas, Bercuson, David Jay and Herwig, Holger H., 1997 (transl.)
Destroyer, Brookes, Ewart, 1973
Destroyer Captain, Hill, Roger, 1986
Destroyers of World War Two, Whitley, M. J., 2000
Destroyer's War, Divine, Arthur Durham, 1942
The Enemy Below, Rayner, D. A., 1956 (transl.)
Fighting Destroyer, Connell, G. G., 1994
Full Circle, John Gritten, 2003
The Good Shepherd, Forester, C.S., 1955 (transl.)
Hero of the Upholder, Allaway, Jim, 1991
In Peril on the Sea, Kane, James S., 1994