| Name: | VERSATILE |
| Type: | Destroyer |
| Keel: | 31/01/1917 |
| Launched: | 31/10/1917 |
| Completed: | 11/02/1918 |
| Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 494 |
| Dimensions: | 1090disp - 1480disp, 300.0 x 29.5 x 8.5(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, Brown-Curtis type, SR geared, 27000shp |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 34.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 4 x 1 x 4.0ins QF, 1 x 3.0ins QF guns, 2 x 3 x 21.0ins torpedoes; |
| (1943: 2 x 1 x 4.0ins, 1 x 12pdr AA, 1 x Hedgehog, 4 x A/S mortars, depthcharges) | |
| History: | |
| 11/02/1918 | British Royal Navy |
| 08/1948 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Member of the Admiralty V/W Class |
| 1943: Converted to a long-range escort | |
| 08/1948: Sold for breaking up at Granton | |
| 01/1949: Breaking up commenced |
Above photo is copyright of the Imperial War Museum. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return
Above photo, taken post 1943, is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
Above photo, taken post 1943, is copyright of the Imperial War Museum. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return
