HMS Valiant Royal Navy battleship art prints by Ivan
Berryman. Gallery of HMS Valiant naval prints by artist Ivan
Berryman.
HMS Valiant was build by Fairfield Ship Builders, and
launched 4th November 1914. She took part at the Battle of Jutland.
and
was not hit. During World War Two, HMS Valiant was badly damaged by
delayed action mines, set by Italian Frogmen at Alexandria, She made her
way to Durban, South Africa for repairs. HMS
Valiant joined the British eastern Fleet in
January 1944 and took part in carrier raids against Japanese bases in
Indonesia. HMS valiant was badly damaged during refit in a floating dock
at Trincomalee, Ceylon, so bad was the damage that repairs were stopped,
and she was used as a training hulk for stockers at Devonport. She was
scrapped at Cairn Ryan and Troon between November 1948 and March 1950.
Spec same as above battleships
Displacement:
29,700 Speed: 23.0 knots Compliment:
950 and up to 1,220 in 1918
Armament:
Eight 15-inch guns in pairs and fourteen 6 -inch guns. Two 3 inch Anti Aircraft Guns
in 1917, two 4-inch anti aircraft guns.
