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Name: VALERIAN
Type: Patrol Frigate
Launched: 21/02/1916
Completed: 1916
Builder: Charles Rennoldson & Co
Yard: South Shields
Yard Number: 178
Dimensions: 1250disp, 255.3 x 33.5 x 11.75ft
Engines: T4cyl
Engines by:
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Armament: 2 x 1 x 4.7ins, 2 x 1 x 3pdr guns
History:
1916 British Royal Navy
22/10/1926 Sank
Comments: A member of the Arabis Class of Sloops
Variously used as minesweeper & patrol frigate
22/10/1926: Foundered in a hurricane off Bermuda


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