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==Service== | ==Service== | ||
+ | ''Velox'' took her novel turbine powerplant to sea for the first time on 25 July, 1902 and easily averaged 33.12 knots.{{NMI|Saturday, Jul 26, 1902; pg. 8; Issue 36830}} | ||
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+ | In July 1905, she reduced to nucleus crew at Portsmouth.{{NMI|Saturday, Jul 22, 1905; pg. 10; Issue 37766}} On 5 August, she travelled from [[Portland]] to [[Portsmouth]] in company with twenty other T.B.Ds.{{NMI|Monday, Aug 07, 1905; pg. 5; Issue 37779}} | ||
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+ | She left Portsmouth on 10 January, 1908 for a three-hour trial, and was then to proceed to [[Devonport]].{{NMI|Saturday, Jan 11, 1908; pg. 6; Issue 38540}} | ||
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+ | She was one of twenty-seven T.B.Ds. of the Portsmouth Flotilla to participate in the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1909]],{{ToL|The Naval Mobilization|Thursday, June 17, 1909, Issue 38988, p.9}} returning to Portsmouth on 9 July.{{NMI|Saturday, Jul 10, 1909; pg. 9; Issue 39008}} By September, she was a tender to {{UK-Vernon}} and being used for wireless instruction. She was to have her boilers retubed soon, and it was claimed that "although nominally a 30-knot boat, she has not yet attained 24 knots."{{NMI|Monday, Sep 06, 1909; pg. 10; Issue 39057}} This is at odds with reports of her very first trials, and may be a consequence of those trials taking place with the boat in an especially light condition. Such artificial trial conditions, in combination with the use of premium coal varieties and specially-trained stokers, was a commonplace hack which substantially compromised the reputation of the "30 knotters" as being speedy in practice. | ||
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In mid-1913, at Portsmouth.{{NLJul13|p. 389}} | In mid-1913, at Portsmouth.{{NLJul13|p. 389}} | ||
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Dates of appointment are provided when known. | Dates of appointment are provided when known. | ||
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Velox''"> | <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Velox''"> | ||
− | {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Albert Edward Acheson|nick=Albert E. Acheson|appt=8 February, 1904{{NLOct04|p. 389}}|end=|precBy=New Command}} | + | {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Albert Edward Acheson|nick=Albert E. Acheson|appt=8 February, 1904{{NLOct04|p. 389}}<ref>Acheson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/137/5.|}} f. 5.</ref>|end=27 February, 1906<ref>Acheson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/137/5.|}} f. 5.</ref>|precBy=New Command}} |
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Vaughan Alexander Edward Hanning-Lee|nick=Vaughan A. E. Hanning-Lee|appt=28 May, 1906{{NLJun06|p. 389}}|end=}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Vaughan Alexander Edward Hanning-Lee|nick=Vaughan A. E. Hanning-Lee|appt=28 May, 1906{{NLJun06|p. 389}}|end=}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Cyril Callaghan|nick=Cyril Callaghan|appt=19 November, 1907<ref>Callaghan Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46/130.|D7603637}} f. 130.</ref>{{NLOct08|p. 389}}|end=21 May, 1909<ref>Callaghan Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46/130.|D7603637}} f. 130.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Cyril Callaghan|nick=Cyril Callaghan|appt=19 November, 1907<ref>Callaghan Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46/130.|D7603637}} f. 130.</ref>{{NLOct08|p. 389}}|end=21 May, 1909<ref>Callaghan Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46/130.|D7603637}} f. 130.</ref>}} | ||
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=Charles Geoffrey Coleridge Sumner|nick=Charles G. C. Sumner|appt=8 February, 1910<ref>Sumner Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48/137.|D7604041}} f. 541.</ref>{{NLApr11|p. 389}}|end=24 March, 1911<ref>Sumner Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48/137.|D7604041}} f. 541.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=Charles Geoffrey Coleridge Sumner|nick=Charles G. C. Sumner|appt=8 February, 1910<ref>Sumner Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48/137.|D7604041}} f. 541.</ref>{{NLApr11|p. 389}}|end=24 March, 1911<ref>Sumner Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48/137.|D7604041}} f. 541.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Cyril Prescott Franklin|nick=Cyril P. Franklin|appt=24 March, 1911{{NLAug12|p. 388}}|end=21 October, 1912}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Cyril Prescott Franklin|nick=Cyril P. Franklin|appt=24 March, 1911{{NLAug12|p. 388}}|end=21 October, 1912}} | ||
− | {{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=John Paget Gibbs|nick=John P. Gibbs|appt=21 October, 1912{{NLJul13|p. 389}}|end=9 March, 1914}} | + | {{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=John Paget Gibbs|nick=John P. Gibbs|appt=21 October, 1912{{NavAppts|Saturday, Oct 12, 1912; pg. 4; Issue 40028}}{{NLJul13|p. 389}}|end=9 March, 1914}} |
− | {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}} ('''T''')|name=Ernest Edward Lowe|nick=Ernest E. Lowe|appt=9 March, 1914{{NLApr14|p. 387}}|end=June, 1914}} | + | {{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}} ('''T''')|name=Ernest Edward Lowe|nick=Ernest E. Lowe|appt=9 March, 1914{{NavAppts|Monday, Mar 09, 1914; pg. 12; Issue 40466}}{{NLApr14|p. 387}}|end=June, 1914}} |
{{Tenure|rank=Lieutenant in Command ('''G''')|name=Charles Denniston Burney|nick=Charles D. Burney|appt=29 July, 1914{{NLApr15|p. 398''u''}}|end=July, 1915}} | {{Tenure|rank=Lieutenant in Command ('''G''')|name=Charles Denniston Burney|nick=Charles D. Burney|appt=29 July, 1914{{NLApr15|p. 398''u''}}|end=July, 1915}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Frederick Albert Richardson|nick=Frederick A. Richardson|appt=13 March, 1915|end=23 March, 1915|note=temporary}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Frederick Albert Richardson|nick=Frederick A. Richardson|appt=13 March, 1915|end=23 March, 1915|note=temporary}} |
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H.M.S. Velox (1902) | |
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Pendant Number: | P.45 (1914) D.71 (Sep 1915)[1] |
Builder: | C. A. Parsons & Company hull: Hawthorn Leslie & Company[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
Velox took her novel turbine powerplant to sea for the first time on 25 July, 1902 and easily averaged 33.12 knots.[8]
In July 1905, she reduced to nucleus crew at Portsmouth.[9] On 5 August, she travelled from Portland to Portsmouth in company with twenty other T.B.Ds.[10]
She left Portsmouth on 10 January, 1908 for a three-hour trial, and was then to proceed to Devonport.[11]
She was one of twenty-seven T.B.Ds. of the Portsmouth Flotilla to participate in the Annual Manoeuvres of 1909,[12] returning to Portsmouth on 9 July.[13] By September, she was a tender to Vernon and being used for wireless instruction. She was to have her boilers retubed soon, and it was claimed that "although nominally a 30-knot boat, she has not yet attained 24 knots."[14] This is at odds with reports of her very first trials, and may be a consequence of those trials taking place with the boat in an especially light condition. Such artificial trial conditions, in combination with the use of premium coal varieties and specially-trained stokers, was a commonplace hack which substantially compromised the reputation of the "30 knotters" as being speedy in practice.
In mid-1913, at Portsmouth.[15]
She was lost in the English Channel with four of her crew.[16]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Lieutenant & Commander Albert E. Acheson, 8 February, 1904[17][18] – 27 February, 1906[19]
- Lieutenant & Commander Vaughan A. E. Hanning-Lee, 28 May, 1906[20]
- Lieutenant & Commander Cyril Callaghan, 19 November, 1907[21][22] – 21 May, 1909[23]
- Lieutenant & Commander Robert F. Veasey, 21 May, 1909[24] – 8 February, 1910
- Lieutenant & Commander Charles G. C. Sumner, 8 February, 1910[25][26] – 24 March, 1911[27]
- Lieutenant & Commander Cyril P. Franklin, 24 March, 1911[28] – 21 October, 1912
- Lieutenant & Commander John P. Gibbs, 21 October, 1912[29][30] – 9 March, 1914
- Lieutenant & Commander (T) Ernest E. Lowe, 9 March, 1914[31][32] – June, 1914
- Lieutenant in Command (G) Charles D. Burney, 29 July, 1914[33] – July, 1915
- Lieutenant in Command Frederick A. Richardson, 13 March, 1915 – 23 March, 1915 (temporary)
- Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Frank Pattinson, 15 July, 1915[34] – 25 October, 1915[35] (vessel lost under his command)
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.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jul 26, 1902; pg. 8; Issue 36830.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jul 22, 1905; pg. 10; Issue 37766.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, Aug 07, 1905; pg. 5; Issue 37779.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jan 11, 1908; pg. 6; Issue 38540.
- ↑ "The Naval Mobilization." The Times (London, England), Thursday, June 17, 1909, Issue 38988, p.9.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jul 10, 1909; pg. 9; Issue 39008.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, Sep 06, 1909; pg. 10; Issue 39057.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 389.
- ↑ Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. p. 150.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 389.
- ↑ Acheson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/137/5. f. 5.
- ↑ Acheson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/137/5. f. 5.
- ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1906). p. 389.
- ↑ Callaghan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/130. f. 130.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 389.
- ↑ Callaghan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/130. f. 130.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 389.
- ↑ Sumner Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/137. f. 541.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 389.
- ↑ Sumner Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/137. f. 541.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 388.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Oct 12, 1912; pg. 4; Issue 40028.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 389.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Monday, Mar 09, 1914; pg. 12; Issue 40466.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 387.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 398u.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 398u.
- ↑ Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 44.
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