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H.M.S. Velox (1917)
Pendant Number:	H.43 (Apr 1918) D.40 (Sep 1918) G.65 (Nov 1918)^[1]
Builder:	William Doxford & Sons^[2]
Launched:	17 Nov, 1917^[3]
Completed:	1 Apr, 1918^[4]
Commissioned:	14 Mar, 1918^[5]
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H.M.S. Velox was one of twenty-five "V" class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy in 1917-18.

There was an earlier destroyer named Velox.

Service

Velox was commissioned on 14 March, 1918^[6] and immediately joined the Dover Patrol's Sixth Destroyer Flotilla.^[7]

She was re-commissioned on 3 May, 1923. By March 1925, she was with First Destroyer Flotilla in the Atlantic Fleet.^[8]

She was commissioned on 6 January, 1926.^[9]

Velox was paid off into Dockyard Control on 14 December, 1928.^[10]

She re-commissioned at Chatham on 18 November, 1930 for work with the Fifth Destroyer Flotilla in the Atlantic Fleet.^[11]

Re-commissioned on 11 January, 1933 for work with the Fifth Destroyer Flotilla.^[12]

She was re-commissioned in Reserve on 2 October 1934.^[13]

Commissioned at Chatham on 16 November 1936 to be transferred to the Reserve Fleet at The Nore.^[14]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Commander Frederick E. K. Strong, 3 March, 1918^[15] – 17 February, 1919^[16]
Commander Robert G. Hamond, 17 February, 1919^[17]^[18] – 19 March, 1919^[19]
Commander Fischer B. Watson, 19 March, 1919^[20]^[21] – 18 June, 1919^[22]
Lieutenant-Commander Maxwell N. Williamson-Napier, 19 June, 1919^[23]^[24] – 31 October, 1919^[25]
Lieutenant-Commander Kenneth B. Millar, 31 October, 1919^[26]^[27] – May, 1921^[28]
Commander Lawrence D'O. Bignell, May, 1921^[29]^[30] – 14 September, 1922^[31]
Lieutenant-Commander Kenneth B. Millar, June, 1921^[32]^[33] – 14 July, 1921^[34] (temporary)
Lieutenant-Commander Christopher H. Ringrose, 14 September, 1922^[35] – 27 August, 1924
Lieutenant-Commander Hugh E. Raymond, 27 August, 1924 – 7 April, 1925
Lieutenant-Commander Ivo W. L. Frewen-Laton, 7 April, 1925^[36]
Lieutenant-Commander Walter N. T. Beckett, 14 April, 1927^[37]^[38] – 1928^[39]
Lieutenant-Commander William D. G. Weir, 2 April, 1931^[40] – 1933^[41]
Commander Roger P. Selby, 22 January, 1933^[42]
Acting Commander James C. Colvill, 15 June, 1939^[43] – 29 October, 1940^[44]
Lieutenant-Commander Edward G. Roper, 28 October, 1940^[45] – 26 March, 1942^[46]
Lieutenant in Command George B. Barstow, 26 March, 1942^[47] – late 1943^[48]
Temporary Lieutenant R.N.V.R. in Command Cedric D. C. Dickens, 25 April, 1944^[49] – 10 March, 1945^[50]
Temporary Acting Lieutenant-Commander R.N.R. Kenneth J. Webb, 10 March, 1945^[51] – April, 1945^[52]^{[Fact Check]}

Footnotes

↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 72.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 83.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 83.
↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 312.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 880.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 880.
↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1918). p. 14.
↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 280.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 279.
↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 278.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 278.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 283.
↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 283.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 283.
↑ Strong Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 38.
↑ Strong Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 38.
↑ Hamond Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/45/170. f. 174.
↑ The Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 923a.
↑ Hamond Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/45/170. f. 174.
↑ The Navy List. (June, 1919). p. 923a.
↑ Watson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 80.
↑ Watson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 80.
↑ Williamson-Napier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/34. f. 388.
↑ The Navy List. (November, 1919). p. 924.
↑ Williamson-Napier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/34. f. 388.
↑ Millar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/290. f. 305.
↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 880.
↑ Millar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/290. f. 305.
↑ Bignell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/117. f. 521.
↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 855.
↑ Bignell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/117. f. 521.
↑ Millar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/290. f. 305.
↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 880.
↑ Millar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/290. f. 305.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 279.
↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 279.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 279.
↑ Beckett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/100. f. 100.
↑ Beckett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/100. f. 100.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 278.
↑ His Service Record makes it difficult to read this ful date.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 283.
↑ Colvill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/7. f. 7.
↑ Colvill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/7. f. 7.
↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.

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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[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] Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1918). p. 14.

[8] The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 280.

[9] The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 279.

[10] The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 278.

[11] The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 278.

[12] The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 283.

[13] The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 283.

[14] The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 283.

[15] Strong Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 38.

[16] Strong Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 38.

[17] Hamond Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/45/170. f. 174.

[18] The Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 923a.

[19] Hamond Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/45/170. f. 174.

[20] The Navy List. (June, 1919). p. 923a.

[21] Watson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 80.

[22] Watson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 80.

[23] Williamson-Napier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/34. f. 388.

[24] The Navy List. (November, 1919). p. 924.

[25] Williamson-Napier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/34. f. 388.

[26] Millar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/290. f. 305.

[27] The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 880.

[28] Millar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/290. f. 305.

[29] Bignell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/117. f. 521.

[30] The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 855.

[31] Bignell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/117. f. 521.

[32] Millar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/290. f. 305.

[33] The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 880.

[34] Millar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/290. f. 305.

[35] The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 279.

[36] The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 279.

[37] The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 279.

[38] Beckett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/100. f. 100.

[39] Beckett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/100. f. 100.

[40] The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 278.

[41] His Service Record makes it difficult to read this ful date.

[42] The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 283.

[43] Colvill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/7. f. 7.

[44] Colvill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/7. f. 7.

[45] Uboat.net page on the ship.

[46] Uboat.net page on the ship.

[47] Uboat.net page on the ship.

[48] Uboat.net page on the ship.

[49] Uboat.net page on the ship.

[50] Uboat.net page on the ship.

[51] Uboat.net page on the ship.

[52] Uboat.net page on the ship.

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