H.M.S. Velox (1902)
From The Dreadnought Project
Jump to navigationJump to search
The printable version is no longer supported and may have rendering errors. Please update your browser bookmarks and please use the default browser print function instead.
H.M.S. Velox (1902) | |
---|---|
Pendant Number: | P.45 (1914) D.71 (Sep 1915)[1] |
Builder: | Parsons hull: Hawthorn Leslie[2] |
Ordered: | Purchased 1901[3] |
Laid down: | 10 Apr, 1901[4] |
Launched: | 11 Feb, 1902[5] |
Commissioned: | Feb, 1904[6] |
Mined: | 25 Oct, 1915[7] |
H.M.S. Velox was one of forty "C" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy — a "30 knotter".
Service
In mid-1913, at Portsmouth.[8]
She was lost in the English Channel with four of her crew.[9]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Lieutenant & Commander Charles G. C. Sumner, 8 February, 1910[10]
- Lieutenant & Commander John P. Gibbs, 21 October, 1912[11]
- Lieutenant in Command Ernest E. Lowe, 9 March, 1914[12]
- Lieutenant in Command (G) Charles D. Burney, 29 July, 1914[13]
- Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Frank Pattinson, 15 July, 1915[14]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 98.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 98.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 98.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 98.
- ↑ Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. p. 150.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 389.
- ↑ Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. p. 150.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 389.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 389.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 387.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 387a.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 398u.
Bibliography