H.M.S. Velox (1902)
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H.M.S. Velox (1902) | |
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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 Albert E. Acheson, 8 February, 1904[10]
- Lieutenant & Commander Vaughan A. E. Hanning-Lee, 28 May, 1906[11]
- Lieutenant & Commander Cyril Callaghan, 19 November, 1907[12][13] – 21 May, 1909[14]
- Lieutenant & Commander Robert F. Veasey, 21 May, 1909[15] – 8 February, 1910
- Lieutenant & Commander Charles G. C. Sumner, 8 February, 1910[16][17] – 24 March, 1911[18]
- Lieutenant & Commander Cyril P. Franklin, 24 March, 1911[19] – 21 October, 1912[Inference]
- Lieutenant & Commander John P. Gibbs, 21 October, 1912[20]
- Lieutenant in Command Ernest E. Lowe, 9 March, 1914[21] – July, 1914
- Lieutenant in Command (G) Charles D. Burney, 29 July, 1914[22] – July, 1915
- Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Frank Pattinson, 15 July, 1915[23] – 25 October, 1915[24] (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.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 389.
- ↑ Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. p. 150.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 389.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 389.
- ↑ 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.
Bibliography