Destroyer of the Royal Navy
HMS Verulam was an Admiralty V-class destroyer of the Royal Navy . She was built by Hawthorn Leslie and was launched on 3 October 1917. She struck a mine off the island of Seiskari in the Gulf of Finland on the night between 3–4 September 1919, and sank killing 16 crew.
The sunken destroyer was given to the state of Finland on 12 December 1919 together with her sister ship Vittoria ; however, when salvage efforts began in 1925, it was found that both ships were broken in two and impossible to repair.
Notes
Bibliography
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60°1′N 28°22′E / 60.017°N 28.367°E / 60.017; 28.367
Admiralty
V class leaders
V class
W class
Modified W class
Completed Cancelled
Vantage / Vimy
Vashon
Vengeful
Vigo
Vigorous / Wistful
Virulent
Volage
Volcano
Votary
Wager
Wake
Waldegrave
Walton
Warren
Watson
Wave
Weazel
Welcome
Welfare
Wellesley
Werewolf
Westphal
Westward Ho
Willoughby
Wheeler
Whelp
Whip
Whippet
Whitaker
White Bear
Whitehead
Winter
Wrangler
Wye
Yeoman
Zealous
Zebra
Zodiac
Thornycroft
V class W class Modified W class
Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1919
Shipwrecks
1 Jan: HMY Iolaire
21 Jan: UC-40
30 Jan: Nimrod
7 Feb: HMS Erin's Isle
8 Feb: U-16
10 Feb: UC-91
18 Feb: Mirabeau
20 Feb: UC-71
22 Feb: U-21
7 Mar: HNoMS Thor
6 Apr: SMS Vulkan
15 Apr: U-118
17 Apr: USS Freehold
26 April: Narval , Kit
27 Apr: USS Courtney , USS Otis W. Douglas
28 Apr: USS Gypsum Queen , USS James
April (unknown date): Borets za Svobodu
4 May: HMS Cupar
5 May: SMS Leipzig
2 Jun: Rucumilla
9 Jun: HMS L55
16 Jun: HMS Kinross
18 Jun: Oleg
21 Jun: Scuttling of the German fleet at Scapa Flow – SMS Bayern , SMS Bremse , SMS Brummer , SMS Cöln , SMS Dresden , SMS Derfflinger , SMS Emden , SMS Friedrich der Grosse , SMS G38 , SMS G39 , SMS G40 , SMS Hindenburg , SMS Grosser Kurfürst , SMS Kaiser , SMS Kaiserin , SMS Karlsruhe , SMS König , SMS König Albert , SMS Kronprinz Wilhelm , SMS Markgraf , SMS Moltke , SMS Prinzregent Luitpold , SMS S32 , SMS S36 , SMS S50 , SMS Seydlitz , SMS V45 , SMS V46 , SMS Von der Tann , SMS G102
28 Jun: Duchess of Richmond
Jun (unknown date): Erinpura
27 Jul: USS May
30 Jul: USS G-2
13 Aug: Basilicata
18 Aug: Dvina
1 Sep: HMS Vittoria
4 Sep: HMS Verulam
8 Sep: Valbanera
9 Sep: USS St. Sebastian , USS SP-471
10 Sep: USS Coco , USS Katherine K. , USS Patrol No. 1 , USS Sea Hawk
11 Sep: USS Helena I
16 Sep: HMS M25 , HMS M27 , West Arvada
29 Sep: ML-18 , ML-62 , ML-191 , Ossifrage
30 Sep: August Helmerich
3 Oct: Frank O'Connor
7 Oct: Sizergh Castle
9 Oct: Daram
17 Oct: SMS Kaiser Franz Joseph I
18 Oct: HMS H41
21 Oct Gavriil
31 Oct: Fazilka
13 Nov: Council Bluffs
22 Nov: Myron
24 Nov: Poltava
12 Dec: USS Kerwood
18 Dec: Cufic
Unknown date: UB-14
Other incidents
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