V-class development began with flotilla leaders of 1,207 tons standard displacement. Their quoted speed is 34 knots, with 3,500 nautical miles of range at 15 knots. Four 4-inch QF Mark V guns provide the main armament. A 3-inch, or 76 mm, anti-aircraft weapon supplements those guns. Four 21-inch torpedo tubes are carried in two twin mountings. Full-load displacement can reach about 1,500 tons.
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The V-class flotilla leaders
V-class leaders combined four main guns and twin torpedo mountings with 3,500 nautical miles of economical cruising range.