H.M.S. Velox (1917)

H.M.S. Velox (1917)
Pendant Number:	H.43 (Apr 1918) D.40 (Sep 1918) G.65 (Nov 1918)
Builder:	William Doxford & Sons
Launched:	17 Nov, 1917
Completed:	1 Apr, 1918
Commissioned:	14 Mar, 1918
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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 and immediately joined the Dover Patrol's Sixth Destroyer Flotilla.

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

She was commissioned on 6 January, 1926.

Velox was paid off into Dockyard Control on 14 December, 1928.

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

Velox was re-commissioned on 11 January, 1933 for work with the Fifth Destroyer Flotilla.

In June of 1933, her bell was one of about 100 surplus bells announced as being for sale at prices ranging from £1 to £10. Preference would be given to those offers from men with a special consideration in the bell in question.

She was re-commissioned in Reserve on 2 October 1934.

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

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

• Commander Frederick E. K. Strong, 3 March, 1918 – 17 February, 1919
• Commander Robert G. Hamond, 17 February, 1919 – 19 March, 1919
• Commander Fischer B. Watson, 19 March, 1919 – 18 June, 1919
• Lieutenant-Commander Maxwell N. Williamson-Napier, 19 June, 1919 – 31 October, 1919
• Lieutenant-Commander Kenneth B. Millar, 31 October, 1919 – May, 1921
• Commander Lawrence D'O. Bignell, May, 1921 – 14 September, 1922
• Lieutenant-Commander Kenneth B. Millar, June, 1921 – 14 July, 1921  (temporary)
• Lieutenant-Commander Christopher H. Ringrose, 14 September, 1922 – 27 August, 1924
• Lieutenant-Commander Hugh E. Raymond, 27 August, 1924 – 7 April, 1925
• Lieutenant-Commander Ivo W. L. Frewen-Laton, 7 April, 1925 – 14 April, 1927
• Lieutenant-Commander Walter N. T. Beckett, 14 April, 1927 – 1928
• Lieutenant-Commander Roland F. B. Swinley, 20 April, 1929 – 29 December, 1930
• Lieutenant-Commander William D. G. Weir, 2 April, 1931 – 8 May, 1932
• Commander Roger P. Selby, 1932 – 14 January, 1933
• Commander Roger P. Selby, 22 January, 1933 – 30 July, 1934
• Lieutenant-Commander Hugh Gartside-Tippinge, 14 November, 1936 – 15 December, 1936  (upon commissioning for trials)
• Acting Commander James C. Colvill, 15 June, 1939 – 29 October, 1940
• Lieutenant-Commander Edward G. Roper, 28 October, 1940 – 26 March, 1942
• Lieutenant in Command George B. Barstow, 26 March, 1942 – late 1943
• Temporary Lieutenant R.N.V.R. in Command Cedric D. C. Dickens, 25 April, 1944 – 10 March, 1945
• Temporary Acting Lieutenant-Commander R.N.R. Kenneth J. Webb, 10 March, 1945 – April, 1945^{[Fact Check]}

See Also

• Wikipedia