Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. HMS Valkyrie (F05) was a First World War V class flotilla leader of the Royal Navy. She was originally to be called HMS Malcolm but was re-named before being completed. The name Malcolm was later assigned to another destroyer leader. Valkyrie was ordered in July 1916 and launched in March the following year. The V class destroyer leaders were cheaper, faster, more comfortable and better armed than their predecessors. Some referred to the class as the Valkyrie-class, but the name was unofficial.