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Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Robert Gerald Hamond|nick=Robert G. Hamond|appt=17 February, 1919{{NLMar19|p. 923''a''}}}}
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Fischer Burges Watson|nick=Fischer B. Watson|appt=19 March, 1919{{NLJun19|p. 923''a''}}}}
 
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Revision as of 18:26, 30 September 2014

H.M.S. Velox (1917)
Pendant Number: H.43 (Apr 1918)
D.40 (Sep 1918)
G.65 (Nov 1918)[1]
Builder: Doxford[2]
Launched: 17 Nov, 1917[3]
Completed: 1 Apr, 1918[4]
Commissioned: 14 Mar, 1918[5]
Sold:

H.M.S. Velox was one of twenty-five destroyers of the "V" class.

There was an earlier destroyer named Velox.

Service

Velox was commissioned on 14 March, 1918.[6]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 72.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 83.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 83.
  4. Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 312.
  5. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 880.
  6. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 880.
  7. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 924.
  8. The Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 923a.
  9. The Navy List. (June, 1919). p. 923a.
  10. The Navy List. (November, 1919). p. 924.
  11. The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 880.

Bibliography


"V" Class Destroyer
Admiralty Design
Vancouver Vanessa Vanity Vanquisher Vanoc
Vega Velox Vehement Venturous Vendetta
Venetia Verdun Versatile Verulam Vesper
  Vidette Violent Vimiera Vittoria  
  Vivacious Vivien Vortigern Vectis  
Thornycroft Specials
  Viceroy Viscount  
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