HMS Valorous

HMS "Valorous" has been the name of four ships of the Royal Navy:

*HMS "Valorous" was a "Combatant"-class sixth rate sloop. She was launched at Hull in 1804, became an army depot ship in 1810, and was sold in 1817.Lyon & Winfield p 69]
*HMS "Valorous" was a "Hermes"-class sixth rate sloop, launched at Pembroke Dockyard in Wales in 1816. She was broken up at Chatham in 1829.
*HMS "Valorous" was a 16-gun "Magicienne"-class paddle-frigate. She was launched at Pembroke Dockyard in 1851 and broken up in 1891. [Lyon & Winfield p 155] She was commanded in 1878 by Captain John A. Fisher (later Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher). [Mackay pp138-139]
*HMS "Valorous" was an Admiralty V class destroyer leader built by William Denny and Brothers and launched in 1917. She was sold for scrapping in 1947.

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References

*Colledge
*Lyon, D. & Winfield, R. "The Sail & Steam Navy List", London (2004): Chatham Publishing. ISBN 1 86176 032 9
*Mackay, Ruddock F. "Fisher of Kilverstone". London (1973): Oxford University Press.