| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Admiralty V & W |
| Pennant | L 00 |
| Mod | Fast escort |
| Built by | William Denny & Brothers (Dumbarton, Scotland) |
| Ordered | Apr 1916 |
| Laid down | 25 May 1916 |
| Launched | 8 May 1917 |
| Commissioned | 21 Aug 1917 |
| End service | |
| History | Reconstruction to Fast Escort at Chatham Dockyard completed in June 1939. Sold to be broken up for scrap on 4 March 1947. HMS Valorous is not listed as active unit in the July 1945 Navy List |
Commands listed for HMS Valorous (L 00)
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| Commander | From | To | ||
| 1 | Lt. Edward Mack, RN | 22 Aug 1939 | 9 Jan 1942 | |
| 2 | Lt.Cdr. William Wentworth Fitzroy, RN | 9 Jan 1942 | 3 Mar 1943 | |
| 3 | Lt.Cdr. (retired) Hedworth Lambton, RN | 3 Mar 1943 | mid 1943 | |
| 4 | Lt. Morice Grant Macleod, RN | 27 Sep 1943 | 12 Dec 1944 | |
| 5 | Lt. John Alexander Jeffreys Dennis, DSC, RN | 12 Dec 1944 | May 1945 | |
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Notable events involving Valorous include:
15 Apr 1944
HMS Ursula (Lt. A.G. Davies, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Methill with HMS Westminster (Lt.Cdr. H.G. Bowerman, DSC, RN), HMS Valorous (Lt. M.G. Macleod, RN), HMS Preston North End (T/Lt. D.K. Bennett, DSC, RNVR), HMS Spurs (A/Skr.Lt. E.J. Day, RNR) and HMS Arab (T/Lt. J.S.H. Lloyd, RNVR). (1)
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Sources
- ADM 173/19315
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.