"Vendetta" was one of 25 V-class destroyers built for the Royal Navy during World War I. She had a standard load displacement of 1,090 tons, and a deep displacement of 1,490 tons. The destroyer was in length overall and long between perpendiculars, had a beam of , and a maximum draught of . Propulsion machinery consisted of three Yarrow boilers connected to two Brown-Curtis turbines, which supplied to two propeller shafts. Although designed with a maximum speed of , "Vendetta" achieved during power trials. The ship's company consisted of 6 officers and 113 sailors.