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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Frederick Edward Ketelbey Strong|nick=Frederick E. K. Strong|appt=3 March, 1918<ref>Strong Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|D7603290}} f. 38.</ref>|end=17 February, 1919<ref>Strong Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|D7603290}} f. 38.</ref>|precBy=New Command}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Frederick Edward Ketelbey Strong|nick=Frederick E. K. Strong|appt=3 March, 1918<ref>Strong Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|D7603290}} f. 38.</ref>|end=17 February, 1919<ref>Strong Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|D7603290}} f. 38.</ref>|precBy=New Command}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Robert Gerald Hamond|nick=Robert G. Hamond|appt=17 February, 1919{{NLMar19|p. 923''a''}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Robert Gerald Hamond|nick=Robert G. Hamond|appt=17 February, 1919{{NLMar19|p. 923''a''}}}} | ||
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Kenneth Bamford Millar|nick=Kenneth B. Millar|appt=31 October, 1919{{NLDec20|p. 880}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Kenneth Bamford Millar|nick=Kenneth B. Millar|appt=31 October, 1919{{NLDec20|p. 880}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Walter Napier Thomason Beckett|nick=Walter N. T. Beckett|appt=14 April, 1927<ref>Beckett Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/55/100.|D7605856}} f. 100.</ref>|end=1928<ref>Beckett Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/55/100.|D7605856}} f. 100.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Walter Napier Thomason Beckett|nick=Walter N. T. Beckett|appt=14 April, 1927<ref>Beckett Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/55/100.|D7605856}} f. 100.</ref>|end=1928<ref>Beckett Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/55/100.|D7605856}} f. 100.</ref>}} | ||
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| H.M.S. Velox (1917) | |
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| Pendant Number: | H.43 (Apr 1918) D.40 (Sep 1918) G.65 (Nov 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Doxford[2] |
| Launched: | 17 Nov, 1917[3] |
| Completed: | 1 Apr, 1918[4] |
| Commissioned: | 14 Mar, 1918[5] |
| Sold: | |
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]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander Frederick E. K. Strong, 3 March, 1918[8] – 17 February, 1919[9]
- Commander Robert G. Hamond, 17 February, 1919[10]
- Commander Fischer B. Watson, 19 March, 1919[11][12] – 18 June, 1919[13]
- Lieutenant-Commander Maxwell N. Williamson-Napier, 19 June, 1919[14]
- Lieutenant-Commander Kenneth B. Millar, 31 October, 1919[15]
- Lieutenant-Commander Walter N. T. Beckett, 14 April, 1927[16] – 1928[17]
See Also
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.
- ↑ Strong Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 38.
- ↑ Strong Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 38.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 923a.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1919). p. 924.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 880.
- ↑ Beckett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/100. f. 100.
- ↑ Beckett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/100. f. 100.
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